The latest major version of Node.js has just released with a few new interesting experimental features and a lot of fixes and optimization.

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Node.js 21 has been released with new experimental features including a built-in WebSocket client and a flush option for the writeFile type filesystem functions. It also introduces a global navigator object and an array grouping method. Other changes include stable versions of the fetch and webstreams modules, performance improvements, extended const expressions in WebAssembly, and support for glob patterns in the test runner.

Node.js 21 is here with Websocket

A flush option for the writeFile type filesystem functions

<p>I wonder why are they adding WebSocket functionality into Node.js. We’ve already had great solutions available through external packages.</p>


<p>I use websocket like A LOT. This might come in handy</p>
