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Is npm enough? Why startups are coming after this JavaScript package registry

redmonk.com @kateholterhoff@hachyderm.io @redmonk@mastodon.social

Covers on Deno’s JSR and vlt’s vsr.

ECMAScript proposal updates at the 2025-02 TC39 meeting

ecmascript-daily.github.io @azu_re@mstdn.jp

Speeding up the JavaScript ecosystem – Rust and JavaScript plugins

marvinh.dev @marvinh@infosec.exchange

“Up until recently, supporting JavaScript in Rust based tools has been deemed not worth it. The main concern is the overhead of the de-/serialization cost when sending data back and forth. But there is a way to get rid of the deserialization cost entirely that's not widely known.”

The reality of long-term software maintenance

www.construct.net @AshleyGullen@mastodon.gamedev.place

“[...] if you maintain a large and complex software project over a period of many years, you come to realise a key point: Writing the initial code for a feature is only a fraction of the work, once you take in to account everything else you also have to do in the long term. I think unless in your career you’ve had the responsibility for maintaining a large (100,000+ lines of code) and continually evolving codebase for 5+ years, it’s probably difficult to appreciate the substantial challenges that are unique to this.”

Use cases for WeakMaps in JavaScript

jlongster.com github.com/jlongster

How does JavaScript just-in-time compilation work?

www.royalbhati.com github.com/royalbhati

Contributing SpiderMonkey tests to the ECMAScript test suite test262

blogs.igalia.com github.com/Ms2ger @igalia@floss.social

New versions

ESLint now officially supports linting of CSS

eslint.org @nzakas@fosstodon.org @eslint@fosstodon.org

That’s not strictly JavaScript-related news but it’s an interesting new direction for a popular JavaScript tool.

Bun v1.2.3: dev server with bundling and hot reloading, routing for Bun.serve(), new SQL features and more

bun.sh github.com/Jarred-Sumner github.com/oven-sh

Highlights:
  • Bun can be used as a development server that bundles and supports hot reloading.
  • Built-in routing for Bun.serve()
  • Bun.sql: sql.array, SQL fragments, queries in files

Deno 2.2: OpenTelemetry, lint plugins, node:sqlite and more

deno.com github.com/bartlomieju github.com/lambtron @deno_land@fosstodon.org

Three highlights:
  • Built-in OpenTelemetry integration
  • “[…] a major upgrade to deno lint, including a new plugin system and 15 new rules, particularly for React and Preact users”
  • Support for the node:sqlite module

Interesting npm packages

showify: library for displaying potentially complex JavaScript values

github.com github.com/Snowflyt

Think util.inspect() in Node.js.

tinyglobby: globbing library (minimal alternative to globby and fast-glob)

github.com github.com/SuperchupuDev

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JSR open governance board; ESM-only packages; breaking up long tasks; Prettier 3.5; esbuild v0.25.0;

Friday, February 14, 2025

We have 9 links for you - Stay up-to-date on JavaScript and tools Introducing the JSR open governance board deno.com github.com/ry @lcasdev@mastodon.social github.com/crowlKats @deno_land@fosstodon.org

State of JS 2024; compiling JS via Porffor; source map format specification; December TC39 meeting;

Thursday, December 19, 2024

We have 9 links for you - Stay up-to-date on JavaScript and tools Dear readers! We are taking our end-of-the-year break and will be back on 21 January 2025. Be well and see you soon! Axel and Jowe

Require(esm) in Node.js LTS; simplified npm search; JS videos; Rolldown v0.15.0; oxlint v0.14.0

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

We have 6 links for you - Stay up-to-date on JavaScript and tools Node.js v22.12.0 (LTS): require(esm) is enabled by default nodejs.org @ruyadorno@fosstodon.org @nodejs@social.lfx.dev require(esm)

Canceling JS trademark; mapping over Promises; scheduler API; Oniguruma regexes; multi-file support

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

We have 11 links for you - Stay up-to-date on JavaScript and tools Deno v. Oracle: Canceling the JavaScript Trademark deno.com github.com/ry @deno_land@fosstodon.org “On November 22, 2024, Deno

State of JavaScript 2024; ECMAScript Internationalization API; JS without build system

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

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