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Node 15 Release

Node 15 is out, and we have some really cool changes to report on. First up is the release of npm 7! Npm 7 features npm workspaces. This allows the ability to create a mono-repo with npm alone. This is a big deal as we have had to use yarn workspaces to supplement until now.

The default mode for unhandledRejection is changed to throw from warn

warn (pre-15)

(node:89219) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: woops
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/josh/Dev/node15/index.js:1:16)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1137:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1157:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:985:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:878:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:71:12)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47
(node:89219) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag '--unhandled-rejections=strict' (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
(node:89219) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
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throw (15+)

Promise.reject(new Error("woops"));
               ^
Error: woops
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/josh/Dev/node15/index.js:1:16)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1083:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1112:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:948:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:789:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:72:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47
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The V8 JavaScript engine has been updated to 8.6. This update includes some new language features such as:

Promise.any()

const rabbit = new Promise(resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50, "rabbit"));
const tortoise = new Promise(resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 300, "tortoise"));

const promises = [rabbit, tortoise];
Promise.any(promises).then(value => console.log(value));

// expected output: "rabbit"
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AggregateError

const promises = [
  Promise.reject("firstRejection"),
  Promise.reject("secondRejection"),
];

Promise.any(promises)
  // All promises fail
  .then((value) => console.log(value))
  .catch((error) => console.log(error.errors));

  // expected output: ['firstRejection', 'secondRejection']
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String.prototype.replaceAll()

const message =
  "Tommy went home and got a sandwich from the fridge and ate a sandwich";
const newMessage = message.replaceAll("yogurt", "a sandwich");
console.log(newMessage);

// expected output: 'Tommy went home and got yogurt from the fridge and ate yogurt'
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Logical AND assignment &&=

let a = 1;
let b = false;

a &&= 41;
console.log(a);

// expected output: 2

b &&= 41;
console.log(b);

// expected output: false
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Logical OR assignment ||=

const office = { code: "MATS", location: "" };

office.code ||= "LARS";
console.log(office.code);

// expected output: "MATS"

office.location ||= "San Antonio";
console.log(office.location);

// expected output: "San Antonio"
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Logical nullish assignment ??=

const office = { code: "MATS" };

office.code ??= "LARS";
console.log(office.code);

// expected output: "MATS"

office.location ??= "San Antonio";
console.log(office.location);

// expected output: San Antonio
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There is also a new format for package-lock.json and support for yarn.lock files. Finally, but not least, peer dependencies are now installed by default.

You can read more about this release on the following pages:

Josh Oppenheim is a Senior Software Engineer with Thisdot labs. You can reach out to him via twitter at @joshoppdev

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Tobias Nickel

we have 2020, and now we get String.replaceAll,...

I could give them a whole list of methods they should add to the prototypes.

for example: Number.times(cb) so we can write (5).times((i) =>{...}