Thursday, 26 April, 2018 UTC
Summary
Node.js 10.0.0 has been released, and will become the platform’s Long Term Support (LTS) line in October 2018. As the LTS line, it will be supported for three years.
Version 10.0.0 add supports for the OpenSSL 1.1.0 security toolkit but focuses mainly on incremental improvements. Also, while Node.js 10.0.0 ships with NPM 5.7, the 10.x line will be upgraded to NPM Version 6 later on; NPM 6 will offer performance, stability, and security improvements.
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New features in Node.js 10
In addition to OpenSSL 1.1.0 support, other features in the Node.js 10.0.0 release include:
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