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node-pg-migrate 7.0: Database Migration Management for Postgres — Lots of cleanups and refactoring from the project’s new maintainer, Shinigami, also a core maintainer of FakerJS and Vite.

▶  A Node.js Streams Masterclass — What a treat! Join the creator of Fastify, as well as Node.js TSC member, on an hour long odyssey into the world of streams, a topic in which he specializes. He starts off quite poetically .. a stream is like an array over time .. before quickly getting on to some live coding and demos. This is one in...

The Perf Gains of Adding a Task Runner to Node.js — Instead of running npm run test, how does node --run test sound? First teased in a 2023 pull request, the motivation for this idea is to improve performance and get scripts running ASAP (think 20ms vs 200ms). It appears set to make it to a Current Node.js release very soon.

Fullstack & Backend Learning Path — Expand your abilities with our extensive full stack learning path — teaching you how to set up servers, create APIs, and deploy your code to the world. You'll learn VIM fundamentals, API design in Node.js, containers, DevOps, and much more.

Learn OAuth 2.0 by Building Your Own OAuth Client — When the author was first learning OAuth, he found lots of concept heavy, code-light tutorials, so he’s built something that’s truly code-first. This is a fantastic way to show off some code (using Annotate) and worth a look even if the topic doesn’t interest you.

Building an npm Package Compatible with ESM and CJS in 2024 — Publishing packages compatible with both ECMAScript Modules (ESM) and CommonJS (CJS) is a valuable skill and Liran has a few quick tips.

pnpm 9.0: The Efficiency-Focused Package Manager — pnpm has long been a fantastic option for folks looking to save disk space and CPU cycles (or for its great monorepo support) while maintaining most of what makes npm great. v9.0 drops Node 16 and 17 compatibility, honors the packageManager field in package.json, makes some default config changes, and adopts Lockfile v9.

Hexo 7.2: Node.js-Powered SSG-Style Blog Framework — If you want to create a blog, write GitHub-Flavored Markdown, and have Node put it all together as a static site, this is for you (it’s a bit like Jekyll but using Node). The 7.2 release isn’t a big one feature-wise, but we haven’t covered Hexo for years :-)

Build a RAG Chatbot App with MongoDB and Node.js — Embark on the RAG to Riches Developer Quest — a month of innovation, learning, and exclusive rewards awaits you. You’ll interact with AI-enhanced bots and learn how to build your own with Atlas Vector Search and Node.js. Register now!