--- title: "A quick way to clean up node_modules folders" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 562 published_at: "2021-10-29" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/562" --- Plus Photoshop's journey to the Web, and how to do TypeScript without TypeScript. | #​562 — October 29, 2021 [Unsubscribe](https://javascriptweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Read on the Web](https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/562) JavaScript Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/ydcg8xz9k9w4ewpxcxdw.jpg)](http://tabulator.info/) [Tabulator 5.0: An Interactive Table and Data Grid Library](http://tabulator.info/) — Supports all major browsers and can be used with Angular, Vue, and React if you wish. 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