npm weekly #189: We share the best way to practice Continuous Security and welcome Andri Alexandrou to the team
The inside scoop on improving Continuous Security
Adam Baldwin, npm VP of Security, wrote a guest post for Devops.com called 4 Steps to Improving Your Team’s Continuous Security. In it he describes Continuous Security from developing good security practices to constant re-assessment. Learn how you and your team can improve your security practices by reading the full article.
Work with the folks at Tidepool
Have you heard of Tidepool or Tidepool Loop? This group is focused on making the lives of the diabetes community much easier by providing free software that works with their devices. Want to help them make a difference? They are hiring!
What we’re reading: Code hidden in Stone Age art may be the root of human writing
This isn’t new by any means, but this story came back up again and we were reminded of how cool it is. Between 2013 and 2014, archaeologists visited 52 caves in France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal and found the same 32 symbols repeated — potentially the first code written by man! Read on to learn the full story.
Recommended package: cet
Ever wanted to customize the title bar for your Electron app? There is a package for that! Created by Alex Torres, cet, or Custom Electron Titlebar is a TypeScript library for Electron that allows you to configure a fully customizable title bar. Users of Visual Studio will really enjoy this one.
From Figure Skater to Full Stack Developer
Last week, Aimee Knight of the npm web team was featured on the Second Career Devs podcast. Aimee talks about training to be a figure skater and how it ran parallel to her road to becoming a developer. Check out Episode 16: Aimee Knight.
Welcome Andri Alexandrou
Andri Alexandrou has joined npm’s website to make our users lives a little bit better. Andri grew up in Nashville and got hooked on the web while making websites and modifying Xanga themes as a kid. In fact, if you ever combed through AIM profile ~*~* artwork *~*~ forums, you probably read her very fine and prestigious poetry. Welcome, Andri!
npm.community Corner
Did you know there are several different categories for conversation over in npm.community? Have an idea for a feature? There’s a category for that! Have an event coming up? You can share that too. Having issues with a bug? There’s like three different categories for that! Go check them all out at npm.community.
Showcase your project or tool here!
We’re always on the lookout for new projects, tools, or teams to highlight in the Weekly and on npm’s blog. Want to team up?
How to make your résumé an npm package
We love seeing creative uses of npm. To learn how to package your résumé with npm, check out this tutorial from Divyansh Tripathi aka SilentLad.
