Npm code explorer; Vite 4.0; Rome v11; ES proposal “iterator helpers”; new Ecma members

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Explore the content of your npm packages with the new code explorer
github.blog @npm

Quote: “You can now view the content of a package with the updated code explorer directly on the npmjs.com portal. [...] The code explorer provides syntax highlighting for .js, .ts, .md, .json and other commonly used file types in npm packages. You can also view the content of any previous version of a package.”

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Vite 4.0 is out
vitejs.dev @vitejs/

Quote: “Vite is now using Rollup 3, which allowed us to simplify Vite's internal asset handling and has many improvements.”

Announcing Rome v11
rome.tools @MichaReiser, @rome

New features:

TypeScript 4.9: satisfies operator
Optional semicolons
New lints: noExplicitAny, useFlatMap, noConstAssign, useValidForDirection
New lint groups
Linter suppression comments
Suppression code action
Import sorting

ECMAScript proposal: iterator helpers
2ality.com @rauschma

The ECMAScript proposal “Iterator helpers” (by Gus Caplan, Michael Ficarra, Adam Vandolder, Jason Orendorff, Kevin Gibbons, and Yulia Startsev) introduces utility methods for working with iterable data: .map(), .filter(), .take(), etc.

Ecma International welcomes new members: Shopify, Vercel, and others
www.ecma-international.org

The new members are:

Indeed (ordinary member)
ServiceNow (associate member)
Shopify (associate member)
Vercel (small and medium sized enterprise member)
Osaka Metropolitan University (non-profit-making member)

What these memberships mean is explained on the Ecma website.

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Deno 1.28; Node v19.1.0; ESLint v8.28.0; Jest; Lerna

Rome v10; Parcel v2.8.0; TAP formatter for node:test; pnpm v7.15.0; npm v9.0.0; Safari Technology Preview 157

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