Node v8.1.2
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Re: Node v8.1.2
#2Node 8 is the planned LTS release for later this year.
Notably, it brings async/await syntax to vanilla JS. This new feature complements callbacks and largely replaces how Promises are currently consumed (opting for sequential-like execution with try/catch blocks instead of Promise chains).
The closest analogue would be Tasks in C#.
EDIT: removing reference to node-v8 to prevent confusion.
Re: Node v8.1.2
#3Node 8 is the planned LTS release for later this year. Notably, it brings async/await syntax to vanilla JS. This new feature complements callbacks and largely replaces how Promises are currently consumed (opting for sequential-like execution with try/catch blocks instead of Promise chains). The closest analogue would be Tasks in C#. EDIT: removing reference to node-v8 to prevent confusion.
It's just Node 8. They stopped prefixing with "v" this version in order to avoid confusion with the V8 javascript engine.
Re: Node v8.1.2
#4Node 8 is the planned LTS release for later this year. Notably, it brings async/await syntax to vanilla JS. This new feature complements callbacks and largely replaces how Promises are currently consumed (opting for sequential-like execution with try/catch blocks instead of Promise chains). The closest analogue would be Tasks in C#. EDIT: removing reference to node-v8 to prevent confusion.
Aync/await is the best thing since sliced bread. It has made my life so much easier.
Re: Node v8.1.2
#5Node 8 is the planned LTS release for later this year. Notably, it brings async/await syntax to vanilla JS. This new feature complements callbacks and largely replaces how Promises are currently consumed (opting for sequential-like execution with try/catch blocks instead of Promise chains). The closest analogue would be Tasks in C#. EDIT: removing reference to node-v8 to prevent confusion.
Are they still calling it 'v8' instead of 8?
Also notable is that async/await isn't new for node, 7.10 supported it (and previous versions with a flag). It's new for a LTS release. What is new, however, is the in-built util.promisify that can convert callbacks into native promises.
Re: Node v8.1.2
#6Node 8 is the planned LTS release for later this year. Notably, it brings async/await syntax to vanilla JS. This new feature complements callbacks and largely replaces how Promises are currently consumed (opting for sequential-like execution with try/catch blocks instead of Promise chains). The closest analogue would be Tasks in C#. EDIT: removing reference to node-v8 to prevent confusion.
Are they still calling it 'v8' instead of 8? Also notable is that async/await isn't new for node, 7.10 supported it (and previous versions with a flag). It's new for a LTS release. What is new, however, is the in-built util.promisify that can convert callbacks into native promises.
They dropped the "v" from the version name.
Yeah, a lot of companies won't touch non-LTS Node though, so a lot of users won't use async/await until later this year when the next LTS is released (Oct 2017).
Re: Node v8.1.2
#7Node 8 is the planned LTS release for later this year. Notably, it brings async/await syntax to vanilla JS. This new feature complements callbacks and largely replaces how Promises are currently consumed (opting for sequential-like execution with try/catch blocks instead of Promise chains). The closest analogue would be Tasks in C#. EDIT: removing reference to node-v8 to prevent confusion.
It's just Node 8. They stopped prefixing with "v" this version in order to avoid confusion with the V8 javascript engine.
But instead they created confusion on how to write the node version number :)
Re: Node v8.1.2
#8Node 8 is the planned LTS release for later this year. Notably, it brings async/await syntax to vanilla JS. This new feature complements callbacks and largely replaces how Promises are currently consumed (opting for sequential-like execution with try/catch blocks instead of Promise chains). The closest analogue would be Tasks in C#. EDIT: removing reference to node-v8 to prevent confusion.
Aync/await is the best thing since sliced bread. It has made my life so much easier.
Agreed! once you start using it there's no going back (along with `util.promisify`)
Re: Node v8.1.2
#9I upgraded a universal React/typescript project from node 6.10 to 8.1 this week. Configured typescript compilation in webpack to target es2017 server-side and es5 client-side. It worked flawlessly.
Debugging async functions (server-side) is a lot better now that there is no transpiler mangling my code beyond recognition.
Re: Node v8.1.2
#10Now's as good a time as any to ask:
What tools do you folks use to monitor your node dependencies and make sure you are keeping everything up to date?