javascript - News, Features, and Slideshows

News

• JavaScript and Java both loved and hated

  JavaScript and Java scored high as both most liked and most disliked programming languages in JetBrains’ State of the Developer Ecosystem survey.

• Bun JavaScript runtime is in the oven

  Bun is a JavaScript runtime built on the JavaScriptCore engine with a native bundler, transpiler, task runner, and NPM client built-in.

• Where JavaScript is headed in 2022

  Which JavaScript frameworks, features, and tools do developers favor, and which are on the way out? Let’s look at the latest State of JavaScript survey results.

• 8 new JavaScript features to start using today

  New features in ECMAScript 2022 include top-level await, RegExp match indices, new public and private class fields, and more. Let's get started!

• Reactive JavaScript: The evolution of front-end architecture

  Improving the client-side web experience means overcoming the challenges of ‘hydration,’ a fascinating engineering problem being tackled in many different ways.

• JavaScript and Python reign, but Rust usage rises among developers

  More than 20,000 developers in 166 countries participated in the SlashData survey, which found that Rust's usage has nearly quadrupled.

• Will JavaScript containers overtake Linux containers?

  Node.js and Deno creator Ryan Dahl believes the majority of web services might be simplified by using JavaScript containers, rather than Linux containers.

• Deno gets faster Rust calls

  Faster calls into Rust are highlighted in the latest version of the Deno secure JavaScript / TypeScript runtime, improving performance.

• Microsoft pushes optional type annotations for JavaScript

  Standards proposal would allow annotations to be checked by external type checkers like TypeScript but treated as comments by the JavaScript engine.

• TypeScript usage growing by leaps and bounds

  Usage of TypeScript, Microsoft’s strongly typed language based on JavaScript, has soared compared to six years ago according to new findings.

• Deno joins JavaScript standards effort

  Company behind JavaScript / TypeScript runtime will push for additions to ECMAScript that benefit users of server-side JavaScript.

• Node.js 17 arrives with more promise-based APIs

  Node.js 17 has been released. The latest version of the popular JavaScript runtime brings more “promisified” APIs and support for OpenSSL 3.0.

• SolidJS creator: JavaScript innovation isn’t slowing down

  As Solid marks its 1.0 release, creator Ryan Carniato discusses the origins of the framework and the latest JavaScript innovations.

• Google boosts V8 JavaScript performance

  ‘Super-fast’ non-optimising Sparkplug compiler, which compiles bytecode to machine code, makes its debut in V8 9.1 and Chrome 91.

• Node.js 16 introduces Apple Silicon support

  Node.js 16 was released on April 20, adding Apple Silicon binaries and additional stable APIs to the popular JavaScript runtime.