npm weekly #210: Charting the course from npm@6 to npm@8 and beyond, plus catch up on exclusive npm videos!
Our new CLI roadmap leads to npm v8
With summer almost in the rearview, we’re looking forward to the future of npm’s CLI. Earlier this week, Chief Open Technology Officer Isaac Schlueter shared the current plans for how npm@6 will wrap, as well as looking forward to npm@7, npm@8 and beyond!
Visit the npm blog to read the full roadmap details. Enjoy!
Hang at NodeSchool San Francisco this weekend
One of our other favorite local events takes place this weekend: NodeSchool San Francisco! Mixmax is hosting this time, so if you’re in the Bay Area from 1–5 pm this Saturday, swing by. You register to attend ahead of time too by going to nodeschool.io/sanfrancisco.
Curious about what it would be like to work on a product with 10 million+ users and over 40 billion software package downloads every month? We’re currently looking for engineers, design folks and more. See our open positions at npmjs.com/jobs.
What we’re reading: A Beginner’s Guide to npm
You’ve got to love a guide that includes advice on writing good documentation.
Between that and all of the tips, tools and mini-tutorials, A Beginner’s Guide to npm by Fernando Doglio is well worth your time, no matter where you are in your coding journey.
Missed out on any of our recent webinars?
From breaking down the current state of JavaScript to examining the security of the dependency supply chain, we have a video on that! In case you missed any of our spring and summer webinars, you can now catch up on over three hours of exclusive npm content. Head to npmjs.com/events to start watching now.
npm.community Corner
Trying to work your way through an npm bug on your own? Take a break and check out the Support section over in npm.community. Someone might already have figured out your bug, or maybe they are a little further ahead in the bug-fixing journey. Either way, why not double-check?
Recommended project: Inky.js
Inky.js is a small open-source library with big aspirations. It’s a terminal styling library that supports 256/ True Color and includes an extended terminal class, allowing you to use the Inky variables without worrying about breaking existing code. Check it out!
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