Node.js 20 is fast(er)

Plus playing catchup with Node compatibility, RATs in the npm attic, and a way to write type-safe SQL? |

#​487 — May 23, 2023 Read on the Web Together with  The State of Node.js Performance in 2023 — Nearform's Rafael Gonzaga reflects on the recent release of Node 20 and puts it through its paces against v18.16 and v16.20 with a few different benchmark suites running on a pretty typical EC2 instance. He goes into a lot of depth that's worth checking out, but if you haven't got time: "Node 20 is faster." 😁 Rafael Gonzaga Companies Spend 4.5 Trillion Dollars on IT Annually — Find out how they're building internal tools to increase developer productivity & impact. Explore Retool's 2023 State of Internal Tools report. Retool sponsor Bun v0.6.0: Upping Its Node.js Compatibility Game — A 'biggest release yet' of the popular alternative JS runtime adds a built-in bundler and minifier, standalone executable generation, and more enhancements to its Node.js compatibility (something Bun boasts as a feature as a 'drop-in replacement', as opposed to Deno where it's more of a late addition). Jarred Sumner How to Build Leaner Node Container Images with UBI and Podman — UBI being Red Hat's Universal Base Images. Evan Shortiss IN BRIEF: It's not just Bun and Deno trying to offer more Node.js support, but Cloudflare Workers now has support for three more Node APIs too: node:path, the Streams API, and StringDecoder. The folks at ReversingLabs wrote about how their researchers found some 'RATs' hiding in the npm attic – specifically, the TurkoRat 'infostealer.' Fusion is a promising looking Node.js-based static site generator sent in by a Node Weekly reader. We'll cover it properly when it hits 1.0. A Guide to Visual Regression Testing with Playwright — The Playwright browser control library can form the basis of an end-to-end testing mechanism all written in JavaScript, and comparing the visual output of tests can show where things are going wrong. Dima Ivashchuk (Lost Pixel) Benchmarking a 'Compiled' Node vs Bun App — The latest release of Bun (also above) has the ability to compile apps into a single executable (something Node 20 added too, though the author uses Vercel's pkg instead). This isn't a particularly insightful benchmark, but does provide a data point. Decode Server-Sent Events with Node — Server-Sent Events (SSE) enable a web server to send real-time updates to the client but without the two-way connection overhead of WebSockets. endpts Team 🛠 Code & Tools Better SQLite3 8.4: Fast and Simple SQLite3 Library — With good docs too. Supports a lot of SQLite specific functionality, has a synchronous API that boasts better concurrency than an async one (?) and worker thread support. v8.4 updates it to SQLite v3.42.0 standard. Joshua Wise ❤️ Postgres — You need a database provider that loves Postgres as much as you do. Fully managed on public cloud with amazing support. Crunchy Bridge sponsor ts-sql-query: Type-Safe SQL Query Builder — Want to build dynamic SQL queries in a type-safe way with TypeScript verifying queries? This is for you. Supports numerous SQL-based database systems and isn't an ORM itself. (Comes from a direct recommendation from a reader who uses it.) Juan Luis Paz Rojas Joplin: An Open Source Note Taking and To-Do System — Essentially an open source Evernote, complete with numerous client apps (desktop and mobile) and a server supporting synchronization via cloud services. GitHub repo. Laurent Cozic HyperExpress 6.7: High Performance Server Powered by uWebSockets.js — Aims to be a simple yet performant HTTP and WebSocket Server. Kartik 💻 Jobs Find Tech Jobs with Hired — Hired makes job hunting easy-instead of chasing recruiters, companies approach you with salary details up front. Create a free profile now. Hired Mongoose 7.2 ↳ MongoDB object modelling library. Nodejs SQL Parser 4.7 ↳ Parse SQL into syntax trees. Eta (η) 2.2 ↳ Embedded JS template engine. Ts.ED 7.29 ↳ TypeScript framework on top of Express. zip-it-and-ship-it 9.6 ↳ Prepare Node Lambda functions for deployment. AdminJS 7.0.4 ↳ Admin panel for Node-based apps. rimraf 5.0.1 ↳ rm -rf util for Node. node-sass 9.0 ↳ Still deprecated, but adds Node.js 20 support. Axios Cache Interceptor 1.1 Got a link for us? Reply and tell us. We can't include everything but we'll look at anything you send. Thanks! Sponsorship: Email kristina@cooperpress.com for details. Published by Cooper Press Ltd. Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth, LN11 0LS, United Kingdom Cancel your subscription or change your address.