Issue 315 - AWS Lambda and Google App Engine both offer Node 12 runtime (24)

Autarky: A Tool to Liberate Disk Space from node_modules — We recently linked to a similar tool called NPKILL which presents a broader interface for the task. Autarky is simpler and lets you specify a maximum folder age and it’ll do the rest.

Bitspeak: Turns Hex Strings into Pronouncable 'Words' — I’m really struggling to think of any compelling use for this but the author does a good job of selling it.

GitHub for Mobile — With a promise to “bring collaboration to your small screens”, GitHub’s mobile app is in beta on iOS with a waitlist for a forthcoming Android version.

▶  Live Coding a Node Feature in 30 Minutes — In just 30 minutes, Anna shows off what’s involved in implementing a basic feature and getting it ready to go into Node core. Yes, it’s technical and she’s been doing this for years, but there’s lots of good advice to pick up here if you plan to follow in her footsteps.

Node.js 12.x Runtime Now Available on AWS Lambda — You can now develop serverless functions on AWS Lambda using a new Node 12 runtime, complete with its more up to date version of V8. Note that Lambda’s 8.10 runtime enters ‘end of life’ next month so it’s time to get upgrading. Also, don’t miss the App Engine news (below) if you’re on Google’s cloud instead.

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Nodemon: Automatically Restart a Node App When Files Are Changed — A development-time tool to monitor for any changes in your app and automatically restart the server. v2.0 has just been released with CPU and memory use improvements and far fewer dependencies.

Google App Engine Now Offers a Runtime for Node.js 12 — It’s in beta but it’s a big upgrade if you’re running Node apps on App Engine.

npm Security Insights API Preview Part 3: Behavioral Analysis — The npm team are working on a new API to provide insights into packages to npm users. One thing it’ll provide is information about how packages behave, such as making network requests or executing processes.

Senior Software Engineer at Getty (Los Angeles, CA) — Build fantastic tools and interfaces at one of the world's most prestigious cultural heritage orgs using Linked-Open-Data, Python, Structured-CMS, Vue.js.

Natural Language Processing in Node — Python is perhaps more commonly associated with NLP work but if you want to give it a go in Node, there are options. This tutorial covers the natural library.

Working with Node's Stream API — An entry level tutorial but for a concept that many Node developers get stuck on.

A Declarative Way to Cache Postgres Queries in Node — Implementing a cache using interceptors with Slonik, a typed Postgres client library.

▶  Turning Web Sites into PDFs with Puppeteer — A very basic 2 minute screencast showing off loading a Web site with Puppeteer and turning it into a PDF.

Writing a Multiplayer Text Adventure Engine In Node: Adding Chat Into Our Game — The final part in a long running series on how to create your own multiplayer text adventure engine in Node using socket.io.

GraphQuill: Real-Time GraphQL API Exploration in VS Code — A way to test GraphQL API endpoints from within VS Code so you don’t have to keep jumping between multiple tools.

7 Libraries to Consider When Building Node CLIs — They cover a few different areas from CLI interfaces to prompts, colored text, and progress indicators.

Track Node.js Performance Metrics with In-Depth App Monitoring — Visualize and analyze Node.js performance with Datadog’s drag-and-drop interactive dashboards and the Service Map. With the real-time performance data from you Node apps, you can fix bottlenecks fast. Try it free.

Envalid: Environment Variable Validation and Access — Lets you enforce that you want certain environment variables present and what sort of data they should contain.

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