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Node.js 20 Released, Features Experimental Permission Model for Improved Security
The Node.js team recently released Node v20 (Current release). Node v20 will be ready for full production deployments after entering the long-term support (LTS) stage in October. Key features include an experimental permission model for improved security and building Node applications into standalone executables.
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Svelte Furthers Enterprise Readiness with SvelteKit General Availability and Svelte 4 Roadmap
Svelte, consistently voted the Web framework with the highest retention among the top 4 frameworks (next to React, Angular, and Vue), furthers enterprise readiness with SvelteKit's general availability, a new interactive documentation site, and the Svelte 4 roadmap.
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Remote Development with JetBrains Rider
JetBrains provides access to Remote Development Beta. The tool works by locally running a thin client and connecting to the IDE backend which gives a fully functional user interface. It can be handled by JetBrains Rider or JetBrains Gateway. The workflow of the tool is smooth as editing is done locally and the JetBrains client synchronises changes with the backend.
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Deno Improves Node.js Support: Built-in Modules, package.json, Dynamic Import and Worker Compilation
Recent releases of Deno (1.30, 1.31, and 1.32) make it easier for Node.js developers to transition to Deno projects. Deno 1.30 improves support for Node built-in modules and import maps. Deno 1.31 adds package.json support and includes the Node compatibility layer into the Deno runtime. Deno 1.32 adds deno compile support for web workers and dynamic imports.
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Startup Fermyon Releases Spin 1.0 for WebAssembly Serverless Applications
Fermyon recently announced Spin 1.0, an open-source developer tool and framework for developing serverless applications with WebAssembly (Wasm).
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Import Maps, Now Available in All Browsers, Improves Module Resolution in JavaScript
With Safari 16.4 recently adding support for import maps, JavaScript developers can now use import maps in all modern browsers. Older browsers can use a polyfill. Import maps bring better module resolution for JavaScript applications.
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New Rust-Based Web Bundler Rspack Touts up to 10X Speed Improvement over Webpack
Chinese internet technology company Bytedance and Valor Software recently open-sourced Rspack, a web bundler written in Rust that aims to be a fast, drop-in replacement for Webpack. Some early benchmarks show 10x improvement in cold start time.
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Web Framework Astro Now Features Static, Server, and Hybrid Rendering for Faster Web Sites
HTML-first web framework Astro recently released Astro 2.0 and complements previously available static and dynamic server rendering with new hybrid rendering capabilities. Hybrid rendering allows prerendering specific pages for faster performance.
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TypeScript 5 GA Extends Decorators, Stabilizes New Module Resolution Option, and More
After announcing TypeScript 5.0 Beta three months ago, TypeScript 5 has finally reached general availability. Among the most relevant changes are extended support for decorators to enable their placement before or after export and export defaults, the new bundler module resolution option, and more.
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Announcing TypeScript 5.0 Beta
Microsoft has released the TypeScript 5.0 beta version, which aims to simplify, speed up and reduce the size of TypeScript. The beta release incorporates new decorators standards that enable users to customize classes and their members in a reusable manner. It also allows developers to write cleaner and more maintainable code.
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Signia: New JavaScript Incremental Computing Library Delivers Better UX for Single-Page Apps
The team behind the collaborative whiteboard tldraw recently published a library that brings incremental computing to JavaScript. Signia seeks to overcome fundamental performance limitations of tldraw’s chosen UI and reactive framework and ultimately provide better interactive apps with better user experience. Signia can however be used standalone or in conjunction with any UI framework.
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Migrating From Enzyme to React Testing Library - Sentry Case Study
The Sentry engineering team recently recounted on its blog the drivers and lessons learned from migrating its front-end tests code from Enzyme to the React Testing Library. The migration was triggered by Enzyme’s lack of support for newer versions of React. The migration took about 20 months and involved 17 engineers reviewing around 5,000 tests.
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Chromium to Allow the Use of Third-Party Rust Libraries to Improve Safety and Security
The Chromium Project is going to add a Rust toolchain to its build system to enable the integration of third-party libraries written in Rust, with the aim of improving security, safety, and speed up development.
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Vercel Launches Edge Functions to Provide Compute at the Edge
Recently, Vercel announced the general availability of Edge Functions, which are either JavaScript, TypeScript, or WebAssembly functions. According to the company, these functions are generally both less expensive and faster than traditional Serverless Functions.
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Vite 4 Released, Replaces Babel with Faster Rust-Based SWC
The team behind the Vite frontend build tool recently released Vite 4.0, 5 months after Vite 3.0. The new version is motivated by the breaking upgrade from Rollup 2.0 to 3.0. Vite 4.0 also adds support for SWC, a Rust-based bundler that claims order-or-magnitude speed improvement over Babel.