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• 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.

• Move over Java, JavaScript is the new 'write once, run anywhere'. Or is it?

  Debate rages about JavaScript’s possible usurpation of Java’s status as the ‘Write once, run anywhere’ programming language.

• Scala 3 moves to release candidate stage

  Type parameters, syntax get attention in planned upgrade to the popular functional language for JVM and JavaScript runtimes.

• Visual Studio Code 1.53 brings customisable search mode

  JavaScript debugging improvements also highlighted in latest upgrade to the open source code editor.

• Angular adds error codes, debugging guides

  Angular 11.1.0 point release introduces standardized error codes, with error descriptions and debugging guides provided online.

• Fable F# to JavaScript compiler improves usability, speed

  The Fable 3 ‘Nagareyama’ release promises to be easier to use and to cut compilation speed in half.

• Proposal would bring records and tuples to JavaScript

  A technical committee has proposed adding new deeply immutable value types to the ECMAScript standard.

• Next.js adds incremental static pages regeneration

  New mechanism for page updates in Next.js 9.5 promises to eliminate latency spikes and prevent pages from ever going offline.

• Progress launches serverless rules engine for JavaScript apps

  Derived from the company’s BRMS technology, Corticon.js allows rules to be deployed as serverless functions or embedded in web and mobile apps.

• Vue.js 3.0 brings more speed, more TypeScript

  Vue.js 3.0, a planned upgrade to the JavaScript framework​ for building web UIs, is moving toward general release.

• Nextstrain seeks JavaScript developers to combat Covid-19

  The creators of a visualisation tool to track disease movements need programmers to handle high-priority problems.

• What is Deno? A ‘better’ Node.js

  From the creator of Node.js, Deno is a secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that addresses Node’s shortcomings.

• More developers know JavaScript, mostly want to know Go

  HackerRank developer survey finds JavaScript most-known, Go most-wanted to learn, and full-stack development skills most-wanted in the job market.

• JavaScript is the most in-demand IT skill

  JavaScript is the skill that is most in-demand for IT in 2020, according to a report from developer skills tester DevSkiller.