Top Node Links of the Week

npm v5.7.0, Promise.prototype.finally() support, Electron 2.0.0-beta.1 and more…

A look at some of the top links shared in this week’s issue of Node Weekly.

1 — npm v5.7.0 Released (The NPM Blog)

npm install can now automatically fix package-lock.json and npm-shrinkwrap.jsonfiles that have merge conflicts, there’s also a new npm ci command.

v5.7.0

Before you get too excited with whipping 5.7 out to all your production Linux servers, however, you should be aware there’s a reported problem where 5.7 is making unfortunate changes to filesystem permissions:

Critical Linux filesystem permissions are being changed by latest version · Issue #19883 · npm/npm

2 — Using Promise.prototype.finally() in Node (Valeri Karpov)

Promise.prototype.finally() will be arriving in ECMAScript (and therefore Node) soon — what can we use it for, and how could we implement a polyfill for the time being?

Using Promise.prototype.finally in Node.js

3 — Express.js and AWS Lambda — A Serverless Love Story (Slobodan Stojanović)

You’ve probably built an Express app, but what about taking it Serverless? Claudia to the rescue.

Express.js and AWS Lambda — a serverless love story

4 — Wedgetail: A Simple Profiler for Node 9.5+ (Owen Kelly)

A testing utility for Node modules to help you ensure your app stays performant.

Wedgetail

5 — My Node.js Process is on Fire (Matt Collina)

A brief 12-minute journey into the world of Node performance, looking at some of the available tools and optimization techniques.

6 — You Got This: A Zine on Making Webapps with Node.js (Glitch)

A fun, 20-page mini magazine you can view online or download. Very much aimed at new developers.

You Got This! Zine

7 — Electron 2.0.0-beta.1 Released (Electron)

Releases | Electron

8 — Three Tricks for Smaller Docker Images (Daniele Polencic)

The main example is based around packaging a simple Node app.

3 simple tricks for smaller Docker images

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