What's New in Node 24 | Deep Dive | Ep 17B
TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers · Kamran Ayub and Erik Onarheim
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Show Notes
In this week's deep dive, we cover everything TypeScript developers need to know about the latest Node 24 release, including examples of each new language feature. We've even put together a code snippet repo you can check out!
Chapters
- (00:00) - Introduction to Node 24 and TypeScript Support
- (02:49) - Type Stripping and Experimental Transform Types
- (05:53) - Stable Permission Flag Security Model
- (09:38) - V8 13.6 Brings New Language Features
- (10:04) - API: CPU Hinting Micro-waits with Atomics.pause
- (12:35) - API: Reduce Memory Using Float16Array
- (14:56) - API: Format Time Durations with Intl.DurationFormat
- (16:33) - API: Explicit Resource Management with using
- (17:07) - API: What's Really an Error with Error.isError
- (18:48) - API: Parse Routes with URLPattern API
- (20:51) - API: Sanitize Input with RegExp.escape
- (21:39) - API: RegExp Modifiers in Sub-expressions
- (23:05) - API: RegExp Duplicate Named Capture Groups
- (24:07) - PSA: Node 24 Typings Are Still a WIP
- (25:14) - Deprecations and Removals
- (29:17) - npm 11: Changes to Lifecycle Scripts
- (30:41) - Undici 7 Brings HTTP Performance Enhancements
- (31:11) - Test Runner Now Waits for Sub-tests
- (31:45) - next-10 and the Future of Node.js
Links
- Repo: Node 24 Examples in TypeScript (by Kamran)
- Node 24 Release Blog
- Node 24 typings PR
- TypeScript 5.8 Release Notes
- Docs: Typescript support
- Docs: Permissions
- Rob Palmer's quick Bluesky thread on Node 24
- Multithreading in Node.js: Using Atomics for Safe Shared Memory Operations (Pavel Romanov)
- Everything You Need to Know About Node.js Type Stripping (Marco Ippolito)
- tc39/proposal-regexp-modifiers
- tc39/proposal-duplicate-named-capturing-groups
- next-10 technical priorities
- next-10 security model
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Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)
Creators & Guests
- Erik Onarheim - Host
- Kamran Ayub - Host