What are the recent improvements in node itself?

Last actually note-worthy improvement I heard of was properly supporting import/export (although do you still need to use the .mjs hack?), but I've been out of the loop here for sometime so would be nice to know what they've added since.

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pavlov 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Here’s a nice overview:

https://kashw1n.com/blog/nodejs-2025/

It doesn’t cover everything, but as an old-school Node user I found several interesting features I didn’t know about.

	▲	koolba 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		That is a nice article. It does a great job summing thing up with real examples too.

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9dev 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Small but lovely addition for me is the ability to load .env files natively. There’s more like this; small, focused, real-world-improving features.

	▲	Kriptonian 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
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Tade0 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> (although do you still need to use the .mjs hack?)

Syntax detection is enabled by default in v22.7.0, v20.19.0:

https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#syntax-detection

Sounds like the obvious correct solution, making .cjs and .mjs obsolete - unless of course someone uses import() statements exclusively, in which case I need to ask: why?

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hiimshort 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

It is surprising for me to see these features finally being added to Node after such a long time. Especially so when I remember reading discussion after discussion about how something like this wasn't possible. I touched on this in a blog post some time ago [1]. Glad Node is catching up.

[1] https://kilo.bytesize.xyz/an-incorrect-specification

	▲	Tade0 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I don't see in your blogpost any sources cited regarding anyone saying that ES modules were infeasible. Additionally, io.js actually forked off due to internal drama which started with Ben Noordhuis having changed some pronouns here and there and people wanting to cancel him for that, to which he picked up his toys and left the sandbox. It so happened that aside from being competent himself, he had competent people on his side, which eventually forced those governing Node.js to concede. Bun is just a cash grab in comparison.

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madeofpalk 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

And for a few earlier versions `type: module` in package.json was all that was needed for .js files to be treated as ESM.

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the_mitsuhiko 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

using, memory64, undici, async local storage, ESM import improvements, type stripping, local storage / session storage, env file support, built in file watching. Those are just the ones I mainly remember. There is a lot more.

	▲	franky47 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Adding to the list: permissions, CLI styling/colouring, require(esm), globs, test runner.

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moi2388 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you mean.. node-worthy?