--- title: "A new jQuery release for Xmas" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 619 published_at: "2022-12-16" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/619" --- Plus this is the final issue of 2022. Merry Christmas! | #​619 — December 16, 2022 [Read on the Web](https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/619) 🎄 **This is the final issue of the year – we'll be back on January 6, 2023.** We hope you have a fantastic holiday season, whether or not you are celebrating, and we'll see you for a look back at 2022 in the first week of January :-) __ _Peter Cooper and the Cooperpress team_ Together with [![ButterCMS\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,e_trim,w_700,h_100/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:10/h4j9v0v4af8ufqqreqfq.png)](https://buttercms.com/?utm_source=jsweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=retirelegacycms) JavaScript Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/lbjp38ybdjuckfnasb67.jpg)](https://svelte.dev/blog/announcing-sveltekit-1.0) [Announcing SvelteKit 1.0](https://svelte.dev/blog/announcing-sveltekit-1.0) — [Svelte](https://svelte.dev/) is a virtual DOM-free, compiled ahead of time, frontend UI framework with _many_ fans. _SvelteKit_ introduces a framework and tooling around Svelte to build complete webapps. 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Breaking changes in v9.x warrant this update and [the release post](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v19.3.0/) explains the current policy around npm's ongoing inclusion in Node. - ƛ The _Glasgow Haskell Compiler_ (GHC) has [gained a new JavaScript backend](https://engineering.iog.io/2022-12-13-ghc-js-backend-merged/) meaning the reference Haskell compiler can now emit JavaScript and be used more easily to build front-end apps. - GitHub is rolling out [secrets scanning to all public repos](https://github.blog/2022-12-15-leaked-a-secret-check-your-github-alerts-for-free/) for free. - _The New Stack_ [reflects on 2022 as a 'golden year'](https://thenewstack.io/2022-a-golden-year-as-javascript-moves-to-the-edge/) for JavaScript and some of the developments we've seen. 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