#743 — July 4, 2025 Read on the Web 🖊️ It’s been a quiet week with heatwaves and holidays seeming to slow the usual flow, but we’ve made it.. thanks to a few items out of left field 😅 For our US readers, happy Independence Day!__Peter Cooper, your editor ☀️ JavaScript Weekly ☀️ Deno 2.4:
#584 — July 1, 2025 Read on the Web Modern Node.js Patterns for 2025 — We’ve reached the half way point for the year, so why not take a moment to reflect on the potential of Node as it stands right now? Ashwin reminds us of various aspects including the use of ES modules, built-in
#742 — June 27, 2025 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Ecma International Approves ECMAScript 2025: What’s New? — It’s that time of year again. The Ecma General Assembly has approved the ES2025 language specification, which you can read in full here if you have a gallon of coffee to hand — or you can
#583 — June 24, 2025 Read on the Web The Roadmap to AdonisJS 7 — Adonis is a popular TypeScript-first ‘batteries included’ web framework with a rich set of features, and its developers say they’re “shifting gears” and stepping up with more frequent major releases. v7 promises a lot, including Node.js diagnostic channel support, a
#741 — June 20, 2025 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly 📖 Exploring JavaScript (ES2025 Edition) — Dr. Axel is back with his latest book covering all things relating to modern JavaScript at the language level (think built-in data types, modularity, how objects, classes and promises work, etc.). As with all of Axel’s books, it’s available
#582 — June 17, 2025 Read on the Web Node.js Moves Toward Stable TypeScript Support with Amaro 1.0 — Amaro is Node’s official way to strip types out of TypeScript code so that Node can run it (though you can also use Amaro as a library, if you prefer). The 1.0 release is a key
#740 — June 13, 2025 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly The State of React and the Community in 2025 — React continues to be a major dependency in the JavaScript world but recent innovations have led to much discussion about how it should move forward. Redux maintainer Mark Erikson gives an overview of React’s
#581 — June 10, 2025 Read on the Web PSA: Beware of End-of-Life Node.js Versions — Matteo Collina notes the Node.js ecosystem is “at a critical juncture”, with v18 and earlier now ‘End-of-Life’. He breaks down what that really means for users of legacy versions, and why you should skip Active LTS v20 and leap
#739 — June 6, 2025 Read on the Web 🖊️ I was meant to be travelling this week. My plans changed, but I’d planned for a shorter issue, so enjoy the bitesize take! Back to full service next week. 🙂__Peter Cooper, your editor JavaScript Weekly ⚡ Announcing Rolldown-Vite — Rolldown is a fast Rust-based JavaScript bundler designed
#580 — June 3, 2025 Read on the Web Seamlessly Blend PHP with Node.js — I bet some readers have strong feelings about the idea of mixing PHP and Node.js, but this is a neat project. php-node is a native module for Node that enables the running of PHP apps within the Node environment. Why?