Issue 307 - Worker Threads go stable in 12.11.0 (18)

▶  Building a Webapp to Do Optical Character Recognition — A very accessible 30 minute tutorial walking through building a simple Node-based webapp that can do OCR on images and convert them into PDFs with selectable text.

Ava 2.4: The Popular JavaScript Test Runner — There’s a new (experimental) try assertion that lets you “perform assertions and decide whether to commit or discard their outcome”.

Serve: Static File Serving and Directory Listing — It’s a simple task, but it’s slick. A new release today adds support for manual SSL certs and keys.

Node v12.11.0 (Current) Released: Worker Threads Go Stable — The underlying V8 engine has been updated to version 7.7 which results in some performance improvements and locale-aware support for number formatting with Intl.NumberFormat. The worker_threads module is now considered stable, too.

npm, Inc. CEO Resigns, New CEO Sought — Bryan Bogensberger, the CEO of npm, Inc., has resigned ‘effective immediately’ and the search is on for his replacement. This follows what could generously be called a ‘turbulent’ time for the company that runs the main npm repo. Let’s wish them best of luck for the future.

Working with GitHub Actions — GitHub Actions are still in beta and are changing quickly. But if you are looking to get started the possibilities are endless.

V8 Adding Support for Top Level await — This is only a link to a git commit but basically support for top level await is being added to V8 (and therefore a future version of Node). Node already supports this via the --experimental-repl-await option, but this should make it mainstream.

Senior Node.js with Big Developer Energy Wanted (London, UK) — What if you could have that can-do start-up energy in an established company that deals with the likes of Pepsi, Coke, Boeing, and Rolls Royce?

How to Collect, Customize, and Centralize Node Logs — Covers some best practices for collecting and customizing logs from your apps.

Browse and Edit Your MongoDB Data from Your Browser with HumongouS.io — HumongouS.io is a no-code, online GUI for MongoDB. It's the perfect tool to create your next project's admin interface.

Moving Beyond console.log() — 8 Methods You Should Use When Debugging — Includes console.assert, console.count, console.group and two timing methods.

▶  Deploying a Node App with PM2, NGINX, and Let's Encrypt SSL — A good walkthrough. Uses Digital Ocean for the VPS but you could use other providers (EC2, Linode, etc.)

OpenCV4NodeJS 5.0: Node Bindings to OpenCV 3 and OpenCV 4 — OpenCV is a popular real-time computer vision library. Version 5.0 released this week has now added OpenCV 4 support.

Find A Job Through Vettery — Vettery specializes in dev roles and is completely free for job seekers.