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CODE & TOOLS 🔩BBebop 2.7: Fast, Typesafe Binary Serialization Schema-based, typesafe, binary serialization and code generation that supports numerous languages, including TypeScript. Has a built in REPL for playing with the code generation which has had some big improvements in this release. (Its homepage has a neat bit of ASCII art.) BETWIXT LABS 🔩Got 13: A Powerful HTTP Request Library for Node A popular HTTP request library. v13 requires Node 16 and makes Unix socket support off by default. SINDRE SORHUS 🔩 node-oracledb 6.0: A Pure JS Oracle Database Driver A major release for the Oracle Database driver which can now be used in ‘thin’ and ‘thick’ modes providing either the essentials or the full fat Coke version (which requires some extra Oracle client libraries to be installed). SHARAD CHANDRAN 🔩 Migrate 2.0: An Abstract Migrations Framework Provides a simple mechanism around working with migrations without enforcing any particular database or system. TJ HOLOWAYCHUK 🔩 axios-token-manager: Manage the Caching of Axios Tokens For managing the caching of auth tokens for specified validity periods as well as refreshing or recovering them transparently (such as when the backend has revoked a token before its period has expired.) MICKEY PURI 🔩 CSV Parse: Convert CSV Text into Arrays / Objects Extends the native Node.js transform stream API so you can get up and running quickly – see some example code. Part of a suite of CSV libraries that can also generate and transform CSV more generally. ADALTAS

ARTICLES & TUTORIALS 📄 Deploying Vanilla Node.js Apps on Fly.io Actually titled “Vanilla with Candy Sprinkles”, this post covers the basics of using Fly’s next-gen hosting platform to quickly deploy Node apps (we have no affiliation with Fly but use it for some internal apps – it’s pretty good). SAM RUBY (FLY) 🎬 Building a RESTful API with Fastify, MongoDB and Mongoose A substantial first part of a promised series of videos, along with the code. KEVIN CUNNINGHAM

🗞 Issue 9 / 30.05.2023 🎬 I Tried 8 Different Postgres ORMs A modern, fast-paced, and slightly irreverent meme-heavy look at the various ways in which you can interact with Postgres (provided serverless by Neon, in this case) from a backend JavaScript app. It’s pretty neat as whirlwind tours go. (9 minutes.) BEYOND FIRESHIP 📄 Advanced Fastify: Hooks, Middleware, and Decorators Fastify is an increasingly common alternative to Express (more on why here). Damilola looks at some higher level Fastify concepts here, as well as how you might incrementally migrate from Express to Fastify. DAMILOLA OLATUNJI ©️NODE.JS WEEKLY

You Don’t Know Node.js EventLoop You might be wondering if the title of this article is a bit ambitious, but fear not! I’ve put in the time and effort to cover everything you need to know about the EventLoop in Node.js. And believe me, you’ll discover so many new things along the way! NAIRIHAR

Fullstack React: The Complete Guide to ReactJS and Friends Stop wasting your time learning React with incomplete and confusing tutorials. There are so many incorrect, confusing, and out-of-date blog articles One tutorial says one thing and another says something completely different. ... Anthony Accomazzo, Nate Murray, Ari Lerner

🗓️ On this day 14 years ago: Node.js was created! Have you been a part of the Node.js community for awhile? 💚

Real-World Next.js (2022) Learn how to use Next.js for building web apps without compromising performance, user experience, and developer happinessKey FeaturesDevelop scalable web applications using Next.js. Michele Riva