Node.js 19 is Out! Here are the New Updates

<p>As usual, when the release notes for a new version of a runtime come out, we have a bunch of updates regarding very internal and transparent bits (at least to us, as users of the runtime).</p> <p>However, with the release notes of Node.js 19, we have some interesting gems that if you don&rsquo;t care to look at in detail, you probably missed from the&nbsp;<a href="https://nodejs.org/en/blog/announcements/v19-release-announce/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">announcement</a>.</p> <p>So let&rsquo;s take a look at what are the most exciting parts of the changes announced with version 19 of our favorite JavaScript runtime.</p> <h1>We now have a WATCH flag</h1> <p>Granted, it&rsquo;s still in experimental mode, but at least we can say we have the beginnings of a&nbsp;<code>watch</code>&nbsp;flag. Does that mean Node is slowly taking some cues from the Deno team?</p> <p>In case you&rsquo;re not aware, Deno took a different approach from Node when they designed their CLI. Instead of just giving their users a minimalistic way of running their scripts, the Deno team gives you everything you need on a single executable.</p> <p>That means file watcher, test runner, code prettifier, and more. It&rsquo;s definitely a different approach from what Node has been doing for the last decade, but it seems to be working. After having some conversations with Deno developers I can see the appeal of having a single place where all of these tools are coming from.</p> <p><a href="https://blog.bitsrc.io/node-js-19-is-out-here-are-the-new-updates-291beb89ba7f">Read More</a></p>