November 26, 2024

Subject: State of JavaScript 2024; ECMAScript Internationalization API; JS without build system; podcast with Evan You; Rspack v1.1.2; oxlint v0.13.0; Deno 2.1; Bun v1.1.35

Survey: State of JavaScript 2024 (Nov 13 – Dec 3)

survey.devographics.com @sachagreif@front-end.social

Intl [ECMAScript Internationalization API] is your superhero

www.raymondcamden.com @raymondcamden@mastodon.social

Importing a frontend JavaScript library without a build system

jvns.ca @b0rk@jvns.ca

Podcast with Evan You: Vue, Vite, VoidZero and the Future of JavaScript Tooling

www.devtools.fm github.com/yyx990803 @devtoolsfm@techhub.social

New versions

Rspack v1.1.2: support for import attributes for external modules and more

github.com github.com/web-infra-dev

Rspack v1.1.3 came out a day later. Its highlights were performance improvements.

oxlint v0.13.0: new rules and more

github.com github.com/oxc-project

oxlint v0.13.1 was released two days later.

Deno 2.1: Wasm Imports and other enhancements

deno.com github.com/bartlomieju github.com/lambtron @deno_land@fosstodon.org

“Deno continues to simplify programming with the first 2.x minor release, most notably allowing for direct Wasm imports. 2.1 includes support for asset files in deno compile, stack traces in permission prompts, improved deno task, and more. This release also kicks off our first Long Term Support branch, and much more.”

Bun v1.1.35: smaller binaries, console.group() and more

bun.sh github.com/dylan-conway github.com/oven-sh

“This release fixes 46 bugs […]. It introduces Musl LibC support, JUnit XML test output, 6 MB binary size reduction, Worker preload option, faster fs.readFile for small files, deep equality support for Headers and URLSearchParams, node:net compatibility improvements, unicode import bugfixes, and several bun install fixes.”
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