Best of NPM — February 2024

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   DEV·2y

   NodeJS Security Best Practices

   Learn how to improve the security of your NodeJS application by using packages like helmet for preventing attacks, toobusy-js for preventing DOS attacks, and express-rate-limit for rate limiting.

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   Article

   DEV·2y

   A step-by-step guide: How to create and publish an NPM package.

   Learn how to create and publish an NPM package, the importance of NPM in Node.js development, and how the NPM registry works.

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   Article

   Hacker News·2y

   JSR first impressions

   JSR is a new package registry introduced by the Deno team to solve problems in the JavaScript ecosystem. It aims to support semver expression of dependencies, fully integrate TypeScript alongside JavaScript, provide fast type checking, and generate automatic documentation for packages. JSR allows package authors to write once and run everywhere, and it has a rich web interface with features such as symbol search and dependency analysis.

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   Pointer·2y

   sindresorhus/meow: 🐈 CLI app helper

   meow is a CLI app helper that parses arguments, converts flags to camelCase, outputs version and help text, and more. It has no dependencies.

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   Theo - t3․gg·2y

   Node And NPM Are Breaking Up? NodeJS TSC Has Important Conversation

   The NodeJS Technical Steering Committee is currently engaged in a heated debate over whether to enable corpac (a package manager integration tool) by default in NodeJS. Some members believe that enabling corpac would level the playing field for alternative package managers, while others argue that it could introduce additional complexity and security issues.

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