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Thursday, June 7, 2018

What Node inventor Ryan Dahl regrets about Node

#241 — June 7, 2018

▶ 10 Things Ryan Dahl Regrets About Node.js — Original Node.js inventor Ryan Dahl reflects on his time working on the project, highlighting what he considers to be some early design mistakes with Node. Regrets orient around the build system, security and modules.

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Third Annual Node.js User Survey Data Now Available — Findings from over 1,600 Node developers, including usage patterns, adoption rates and more. You can see the full report here (or in PDF form).

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Node v10.4.0 (Current) Released — The single headline feature is Node 10.4 uses V8 6.7 which introduces support for BigInt (arbitrary-precision integers).

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Node and JavaScript Conferences to Attend in 2018 — Itching to spend a conference budget or meet fellow Node developers? Here are 27 options for you over the rest of the year.

Ferenc Hámori

Verdaccio: A Lightweight Private npm Proxy Registry — A zero-config-required local private npm registry that can proxy other registries, caching downloaded modules along the way. Version 3 was just released with a new Web interface, npm/yarn/pnpm support, Docker support, and more.

Juan Picado

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Build a Simple Beginner App with Node, Bootstrap and MongoDB — How to build a no-frills web app using Node and MongoDB, focusing on issues you're likely to encounter when building a real-world app.

James Hibbard

Building a Facebook Messenger Chat Bot with Node

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Top 10 JavaScript Errors and How to Avoid Them

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Getting Started with Node Apps on Microsoft's Azure Kubernetes Service — A guide to deploying apps to Azure's hosted Kubernetes solution.

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Implementing Feature Flags with Node and React

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▶ Building Lightweight Microservices with Redis (and Node)