npm weekly #156: Catch our keynote live at Google Cloud Next ’18, Meet the TAG in Seattle, and new npm socks!
Don’t miss our CTO’s keynote at Google Cloud Next ’18 today
npm CTO C J Silverio is speaking at Google Cloud Next ’18 later this morning. C J will be on hand as part of Made Here Together, and will be giving a talk about how we’ve built the next generation of npm Enterprise.
And the best part is, you can watch live! Check out her keynote at 9 a.m. Pacific by following this link.
v6.3.0-next.0 is here
Yesterday, the npm CLI team announced the pre-release of v6.3.0-next.0. v6.3.0 will have a new feature to specify the preid for prereleases and also includes messaging improvements and documentation updates.
Just a reminder that you can find this and other announcements on npm.community. For the full release notes, read all of the changelog details on our blog.
Next month we head to Brazil
Keynotes abound! Next month, Adam Baldwin will be in Porto Alegre to keynote at BrazilJS Conf 2018. Tickets are still available for the event, taking place August 24–25, so grab yours and we’ll see you there!
Meet the TAG in Seattle
If you’re in the Seattle area, snag a ticket to Meet the TAG (and friends), TAG being the WC3 Technical Architecture Group. Brenna Flood will be at the event to talk about npm joining the TC39. Doors are at 6 p.m. tonight, and the event starts at 6:30!
What we’re reading: The secret history behind the success of npm and Node
C J Silverio gave an interview to George Lawton of The Server Side that turned out to be an oral history of Node.js and npm. Learn all about npm’s backstory in The secret history behind the success of npm and Node.
Get your application in by Monday
Do you have a knack for teaching customers the ins and outs of a technical product and helping to customize solutions for them? If so, we’d definitely like to hear from you. Applications for our Sales Engineer role close on Sunday July 29, so don’t wait to apply.
For more details, visit npmjs.com/jobs.
How do you use npm? If you or your team is building something cool with npm, we want to help promote it far and wide. Let’s partner up to show off what you’ve built. Let’s chat!
npm.community Corner
Joining npm.community is as easy as 1, 2, 3. All you have to do is 1) sign up, 2) verify your email, and 3) participate!
From there, you have access to announcements, support questions (and answers), ideas, and interaction with one of the best communities around.
Head over to npm.community to get started.
These new socks are guaranteed to brighten anyone’s day
Our newest style of npm socks are finally in. Snag a pair the next time you see us at an event!
Start sharing private packages within your organization by upgrading your npm Org account. Learn how to upgrade or get details on working with private packages.
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