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Node Cookbook

You're reading from   Node Cookbook Discover solutions, techniques, and best practices for server-side web development with Node.js 14

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838558758
Length 512 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Bethany Griggs Bethany Griggs
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introducing Node.js 14 2. Chapter 2: Handling I/O FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Streams, Streams, Streams 4. Chapter 4: Using Web Protocols 5. Chapter 5: Developing Node.js modules 6. Chapter 6: Exploring Node.js web Frameworks 7. Chapter 7: Working with Databases 8. Chapter 8: Testing with Node.js 9. Chapter 9: Securing Node.js Applications 10. Chapter 10: Performance Optimization 11. Chapter 11: Deploying Node.js Microservices 12. Chapter 12: Debugging Node.js 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Adopting new JavaScript syntax in Node.js 14

The formal specification for the JavaScript language is ECMAScript. New JavaScript features make their way into Node.js via updates to the underlying V8 JavaScript engine that the Node.js runtime is built on top of. ECMAScript has annual updates, which include new JavaScript language features and syntax.

New major versions of Node.js tend to include a significant upgrade to the V8 engine. Node.js version 14.0.0 was released with V8 version 8.1. But at the time of writing, Node.js 14 has already been updated to include V8 version 8.4.

Updated versions of V8 bring underlying performance improvements and new JavaScript language features and syntax to the Node.js runtime. This recipe will showcase a couple of the newer JavaScript language features that have been introduced in Node.js 14.

Getting ready

You will need to have Node.js 14 installed. You will also need to have access to a Terminal.

How to do it…

In this recipe...

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