Node v8.4.0 (Current) Released

• HTTP2:
  • Experimental support for the built-in http2 has been added via the --expose-http2 flag.
• Inspector:
  • require() is available in the inspector console now.
  • Multiple contexts, as created by the vm module, are supported now.
• N-API
  • New APIs for creating number values have been introduced. #14573
• Stream
  • For Duplex streams, the high water mark option can now be set independently for the readable and the writable side.
• Util
  • util.format now supports the %o and %O specifiers for printing objects.

Building an API Gateway using Node.js

Services in a microservices architecture share some common requirements regarding authentication and transportation when they need to be accessible by external clients. API Gateways provide a shared layer to handle differences between service protocols and fulfills the requirements of specific clients like desktop browsers, mobile devices, and legacy systems.

Node pdf-bot

pdf-bot is installed on a server and will receive URLs to turn into PDFs through its API or CLI. pdf-bot will manage a queue of PDF jobs. Once a PDF job has run it will notify you using a webhook so you can fetch the API. pdf-bot supports storing PDFs on S3 out of the box. Failed PDF generations and Webhook pings will be retryed after a configurable decaying schedule.

ES Modules in Node Today!

I’m excited to announce the release of @std/esm (standard/esm), an opt-in, spec-compliant, ECMAScript (ES) module loader that enables a smooth transition between Node and ES module formats with near built-in performance!

Node.js Config Best-Practices

When building any kind of server side app, you will eventually have the following thoughts:

• I would like to bind my app to a specific port.
• I would like to enter a connection string so I can connect to my database.
• I would like to use a third-party service through a provided API key or credentials.

Puppeteer - A Headless Chrome Node API

What can it do?

Most things that you can do manually in the browser can be done using Puppeteer! Here are a few examples to get you started:

• Generate screenshots and PDFs of pages.
• Crawl a SPA and generate pre-rendered content (i.e. "SSR").
• Scrape content from websites.
• Automate form submission, UI testing, keyboard input, etc.
• Create an up-to-date, automated testing environment. Run your tests directly in the latest version of Chrome using the latest JavaScript and browser features.
• Capture a timeline trace of your site to help diagnose performance issues.

Async/Await will Make Your Code Simpler

Async/await alleviates many of the bug-inducing control-flow issues that have plagued Javascript codebases for decades and is pretty much guaranteed to make any async code block significantly shorter, simpler, and more self-evident.

About that hash flooding vulnerability in Node.js…

In this post, we want to give some background and history on the vulnerability and the eventual solution.