A new way to discover JavaScript packages and two major releases, here are the top stories of this week.
Skypack discover is here to solve the discovery problem of JavaScript packages, a better alternative to jumping between npmjs, bundlephobia, Stack Overflow and more.
It’s like Wirecutter or Spotify playlists, but for open source JavaScript.
Node 15 features npm 7, experimental QUIC support. This version is based on v8 8.6 adding the following new features:
Promise.any()AggregateErrorString.prototype.replaceAll()&&=, ||=, and ??=The React 17 release is unusual because it doesn’t add any new developer-facing features. Instead, this release is primarily focused on making it easier to upgrade React itself.
This release focuses a lot on developer experience, enabling gradual upgrades. This version makes it safer to embed a tree managed by one version of React inside a tree managed by a different version of React.