As the year 2022 comes to a close, Node.js is celebrating a remarkable year as the most widely used ‘Web technology’ according to Stack Overflow’s annual developer survey. Node.js released version 18.13.0 (LTS) with a variety of new features, such as support for File, part of the File API web specification, function mocking in the built-in node:test test runner module, and support for externally shared dependencies based around JavaScript code or WASM.
For those who need secure audit logging for their Node applications, Pangea’s Audit Log API provides an easy solution with just a few lines of code, with storage, compute, and security managed for you. Additionally, the Node.js community has made great strides in job scheduling solutions, such as Agenda, Bull, Bree, and Node Cron.
In addition to the advancements in Node.js, several tools and libraries have been released over the past year, such as active-win, dnt, js-bson, Structura.js, and Markdoc. As the job market in technology continues to expand, there are numerous opportunities available for Node.js developers, such as with Feather and Hired.
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