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✌️ Date is out, Temporal is in

Temporal is the Date system we always wanted in JavaScript. It's extremely close to being available so Mat Marquis thought it would be a good idea to explain exactly what is better about this new JavaScript date system.

Mat β€œWilto” Marquis
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CHALLENGE

const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];

const result = numbers
.map(x => x * 2)
.filter(x => x > 6)
.reduce((acc, x) => {
console.log(`Processing ${x}, acc: ${acc}`);
return acc + x;
}, 0);

console.log(`Final result: ${result}`);
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A year ago, developer Dimitri Mitropoulos got Doom to run inside TypeScript's type system. Now, he's joined Dillon Mulroy (above) πŸ˜‰ to walk through the entirety of how it works (in a mere six hours!)
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CHALLENGE

const obj = {
value: 42,
[Symbol.toPrimitive](hint) {
if (hint === 'number') return this.value * 2;
if (hint === 'string') return `Value: ${this.value}`;
return this.value + 10;
}
};

console.log(+obj);
console.log(`${obj}`);
console.log(obj + 5);
console.log(Number(obj));
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🀟 Node.js v25.4.0 is out!

β€’ require(esm) now stable and a new CLI flag: --require-module
β€’ Module compile cache now stable
β€’ http.setGlobalProxyFromEnv() added
β€’ Multiple APIs promoted to stable (heapsnapshot, build snapshot, `v8.queryObjects`)
β€’ Root CAs updated to NSS 3.117
β€’ Several semver-minor improvements across events, module, stream, process, util

Rafael Gonzaga
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CHALLENGE

function mysteryFunction() {
console.log(x);
console.log(y);
console.log(z);

var x = 'declared';
let y = 'block-scoped';
const z = 'constant';

console.log(x);
console.log(y);
console.log(z);
}

mysteryFunction();
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🀟 Node.js Becomes a First-Class Citizen in Microsoft Aspire

Aspire is a Microsoft framework for orchestrating the development and deployment of distributed applications. Originally just targeting .NET, the new Aspire 13 makes JavaScript a first-class citizen, so you can now run Vite, Node.js, and full-stack JS apps with service discovery, built-in telemetry, and production-ready containers.

Microsoft
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CHALLENGE

function Vehicle(type) {
this.type = type;
this.wheels = 4;
}

Vehicle.prototype.getInfo = function() {
return `${this.type} with ${this.wheels} wheels`;
};

const car = new Vehicle('sedan');
const bike = Vehicle('motorcycle');

console.log(car.getInfo());
console.log(typeof bike);
console.log(bike?.type || 'undefined');
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πŸ’Ž Happy 20th Birthday jQuery!

On January 14, 2006, John Resig introduced a JavaScript library called jQuery at BarCamp in New York City....

Timmy Willison
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CHALLENGE

function* innerGenerator() {
yield 1;
yield 2;
return 'inner-done';
}

function* outerGenerator() {
yield 'start';
const result = yield* innerGenerator();
yield result;
yield 'end';
}

const gen = outerGenerator();
console.log(gen.next().value);
console.log(gen.next().value);
console.log(gen.next().value);
console.log(gen.next().value);
console.log(gen.next().value);
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Whether you agree or not, Ryan Dahl, the original creator of both Node.js and Deno, drew a lot of attention for a post on X (above) where he shared a thought on the shifting roles of modern software engineers in an agentic world.
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CHALLENGE

function processData() {
const results = [];

for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
const multiplier = i + 1;

setTimeout(() => {
results.push(i * multiplier);
}, 0);
}

setTimeout(() => {
console.log(results.join(','));
}, 10);
}

processData();
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What is the output?
Anonymous Quiz
20%
3,3,3
32%
0,1,2
35%
0,2,6
13%
2,4,6
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πŸ‘€ Superdiff 4.0: Compares Arrays or Objects and Returns a Diff

Got two similar objects or arrays and want to see the underlying differences? Superdiff has been around a while, but recent updates boost performance, add support for streamed input and using a worker for more efficient diffing in a background thread. The project now has a handy documentation site too.

antoine
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