npm weekly #95: npm helps PCH, npm + Rust, bridging the Spanish speaking tech knowledge gap
How npm helped Publishers Clearing House score big (like, giant checks big)
One name that probably doesn’t immediately come to mind when you think security whitepaper is Publishers Clearing House (PCH). Yet with 50 million visitors per month, their team makes secure application development a top priority.
In the whitepaper Sharing Code Across Teams at Publishers Clearing House, we discuss how npm helped PCH share modules between developer teams in an organization that makes security a top priority.
An update on npm 5.0.0
There’s still two weeks left to help test the npm version 5.0.0 beta, so check on the status of things and see if there’s an issue you can help resolve.
In other npm 5.0.0 news, npm is now agnostic about which registry you used to generate the package-lock.json. Can’t wait to see what comes next!
400 million downloads a day!
Talk of millions and billions of downloads can only mean one thing — Laurie Voss has been tweeting charts again. In the latest data share, Laurie revealed that npm serves, on average, 400 million downloads a day. Carry the one and that translates into 2.2 billion weekly npm package downloads! Great work, y’all!
What we’re reading: Announcing Char.la — Helping bridge the Spanish speaking tech knowledge gap
We love this initiative for Hispanic American technologists! Char.la is a monthly online Meetup, hosted by Nicolle Jiménez, Julián Duque, David Avellaneda, and Juan Pablo Buriticá. Find out how you can sign up in the Char.la announcement.
How one person convinced the world’s largest package manager to use Rust
Something about this sounds familiar. That’s probably because this is the tale of Ashley Williams bringing Rust to npm! Ashley recently shared this story at RustFest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine. If you missed it, hear the full story in the video from the event, or look at her awesome slides.
8 is enough npm tricks for one list
If dazzling teammates with your mastery of npm is your jam, you’ll enjoy this. Adir Amsalem recently wrote a piece called 8 npm Tricks You Can Use to Impress Your Colleagues. Take a look at this highly useful list!
Recommended package: cacache
Recently, cacache creator Kat Marchán revealed that they had translated the entire Node.js library from English to Spanish. Kat cited the need for Spanish speaking developers to have more accessibility to tech and software tools as a motivation for the project. Check out the Spanish translation of cacache.sponsored
What’s one thing we love just as much as modules?
How do you meet lots of JavaScript friends who talk about modules? Mariko Kosaka asked on Twitter. Of course, the answer is to go to the npm office for lunch! Pictured clockwise from left to right are CJ Silverio, Alex Early, Isaac Schlueter, Kat Marchán,Kiera Manion-Fischer, Benjamin Coe, Raquel Vélez, Laurie Voss, and Mariko. We ❤ lunch with friends. Are you in Oakland? Say hi!
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