npm weekly #76: A new customer convo with Mapbox, npm v4 lands in Node.js, plus npm on the Reactive Podcast!
npm gives Mapbox the right direction
In our second Customer Conversation, we feature Karen Shea of Mapbox to talk about how the open source mapping platform uses npm. Mapbox, like npm, really embraces the open source culture of sharing, and has since early on.
Read the full the conversation with Karen, and check out one of their modules: osrm, which provides read-only bindings to the routing engine for OpenStreetMap.
Now featuring npm 4 in Node.js
Yesterday the folks at the Node.js Foundation officially announced that Node.js has upgraded to npm version 4(more specifically, version 4.0.5). For more on the breaking changes (there aren’t many) and notable changes, read the details on the pull request.
Recommended module: cross-env
Looking for a script that lets you set an environment using unix style, and also have it work on Windows too? Take a look at cross-env, created by Kent C. Dodds. This mini library even has a companion Node.js program: env-cmd, for executing commands using an environment from an env file.
The last best of 2016 list you’ll want to read
By “best of” we mean “top downloaded” and by “of 2016” we mean for the duration of time between December 2 and January 2, 2017. As is his thing, Ben Coe compiled the list of the top npm publishers by their monthly package downloads. Great work downloading, everyone!
What we’re reading: V8 ❤️ Node.js
In the aforementioned post, the folks behind the V8 JavaScript engine, announced a load of new features like debugging in Chrome via V8, performance improvements in ES6, and the opportunity to dabble with the newest V8 features in Node.js. Check it out!
FOUND: npm search in the latest Reactive Podcast
In the latest episode of the Reactive Podcast, 58: Job Title: Owner Advisor, hosts Kahlil Lechelt, Raquel Vélez, and Henning Glatter-Götz chat about a new type editor called Typora, the existence of panthers in Florida, and the improved search in npm! Turn it on and watch an hour fly by hanging out with your friends at Reactive.
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