Inside Node 8, Glitch, Building a Community Around Education
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Mikeal Rogers, Alex Sexton, and Jessica Lord talk with James Snell (Node.js TSC Director) about the release of Node.js version 8. Then, in the second half of the show, we discuss Glitch and their new “raise your hand” feature and building a community around education. Our project of the week is Tad! Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Sentry – Get 30 days free when you sign up with the code jsparty. Error reporting and notifications for JavaScript apps and the rest of your stack. Start tracking errors for free. Support for React, Angular, Ember, Vue, Backbone, and Node frameworks like Express and Koa. Toptal – Hire the top freelance software developers, designers, and finance experts with Toptal. Email adam@changelog.com for a personal introduction. Linode – Our cloud server of choice. Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/mo. Use the code changelog2017 to get 4 months free! Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Featuring: James Snell – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X Mikeal Rogers – GitHub, X Alex Sexton – Website, GitHub, X Jessica Lord – Website, GitHub, X Show Notes: Node v8.0.0 Node v8.0.0 (Current) What’s New in Node 8 Node.js 8: Big Improvements for the Debugging and Native Module Ecosystem Upgrading from Node 6 to Node 8: a real-world performance comparison Node.js 8: The First Week Glitch - “raise your hand” feature Just raise your hand: How Glitch helps Project of the Week Tad Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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