#205: Using ES Modules Natively in Node 8.5.0

This week's Node news Read this e-mail on the Web Node Weekly September 14, 2017  #205 Node.js Foundation Node v8.5.0 (Current) Released V8 snapshots are re-enabled (they were disabled for security reasons), there’s support for ES modules (behind a flag), and more. Dr. Axel Rauschmayer Using ES Modules Natively in Node.js Starting with version 8.5 Node now supports ES modules natively. Here’s what you need to know. Mikeal Rogers Modern Modules: Rethinking the Node Ecosystem for Modern JS “Recently, every time I create a module I feel like I’m writing a check for future time and attention I won’t be able to pay.” Codeship   Sponsor Using Docker and Codeship for NodeJS Development In this free eBook by Codeship Dev Evangelist Kelly Andrews you will learn how to use Docker and Codeship to develop and test a NodeJS app. Node Knockout Node Knockout: The 48 Hour Online Hackathon Node Knockout is a popular 48-hour hackathon focused on Node development taking place Nov 11-12. It’s an online, virtual competition with contestants worldwide. Registration is now open. Péter Márton Understanding & Measuring HTTP Timings with Node Explains timings in an HTTP request and shows how to measure them in Node to discover performance bottlenecks in client/server comms. Chimezie Enyinnaya Getting Up and Running with GraphQL An introduction to GraphQL features and concepts; plus how to build a simple GraphQL server. In Brief What's New in Node 8.5? news  RisingStack Engineering The 2017 Firebase Summit is coming to Amsterdam 31 October 2017 news Attend technical sessions, instructor-led codelabs & demos, and meet-ups with Firebase developers.  Google, Inc.   Sponsor How to Make 'Magic Links' for Authentication tutorial Recreating the passwordless authentication system introduced by Slack known as the ‘magic link’.  Jeremie Drouet How To Combine a Node Back End with a React Front End App tutorial  Ethan Jarrell Automating Google Chrome with Node tutorial  Danny Markov Data Sheet: Database Performance Monitoring  VividCortex is the best way to improve your database performance, efficiency, and uptime.  VividCortex   Sponsor Our Journey from Node to Crystal story Crystal is a compiled language with Ruby-esque syntax.  Duo The Six Best New Features in npm 5 opinion If you haven’t upgraded yet, here are some reasons why you should.  Estelle Weyl Get your copy of the 2017 Video Developer Report    BITMOVIN   Sponsor BundlePhobia: Find The Cost of Adding An npm Package to Your Bundle tools  Shubham Kanodia Takeoff: A Rapid Development Environment Designed for Hack Days tools Oriented around Hapi, React, Postgres, and NGINX. GitHub repo.  Tane Piper hiproxy: A Lightweight HTTP Proxy Built in Node code .. that supports an NGINX-like config.  src2png: Turn Source Code Into Beautiful Syntax-Highlighted Images code  Matt Lewis gcal-cli: Google Calendar Command Line Tool for Node code  Antonio V Node Weekly is curated by Peter Cooper and published by Cooperpress. Want to sponsor an issue? See our media kit. Want to post a job? E-mail us or use our self-serve system. Unsubscribe : Change email address : Read this issue on the Web © Cooperpress Ltd. Office 30, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK Email policy Privacy policy