--- title: "Big news for both Next.js and Remix" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 661 published_at: "2023-11-02" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/661" --- Plus teasing jQuery 4.0, Docusaurus 3.0, and heading on down to Val Town. | #​661 β€” November 2, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/661) Together with [![Speakeasy logo\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,e_trim,w_550,h_100/nusom15r8w1yptbkkikf.png)](https://www.speakeasyapi.dev/docs/api-frameworks/fastify?utm-source=js-weekly) JavaScript Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/themuolqxrxycirsybdz.jpg)](https://nextjs.org/blog/next-14) [Next.js 14 Released](https://nextjs.org/blog/next-14) β€” Unveiled at last week’s _Next.js Conf_, v14 caused a _lot_ of community discussion (not least [on Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38028480)), largely surrounding _Server Actions_ being declared stable and the 'backend-meets-frontend' opportunities this opens up. A new _partial prerendering_ feature is also in preview, allowing for dynamic responses but with the speed of an initial static response. Lee Robinson and Tim Neutkens πŸ’‘ _The New Stack_ has [an overview of the release](https://thenewstack.io/vercels-next-js-14-introduces-partial-pre-rendering/), and _Focus Reactive_ has [a (highly visual) recap of _Next.js Conf_ itself](https://focusreactive.com/recap-of-next-js-14-announcement-and-2023-conference-highlights/) – recommended if you didn't watch the stream. [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/a3b352f5.png)](https://www.speakeasyapi.dev/docs/api-frameworks/fastify?utm-source=js-weekly) [SDKs & OpenAPI Specs in Minutes Using Zod, tsoa, or Fastify](https://www.speakeasyapi.dev/docs/api-frameworks/fastify?utm-source=js-weekly) β€” Using popular TS tooling to build your API? Our guides show you how to go from code to best in class OpenAPI specs & SDKs. Speakeasy sponsor [Remix ❀️ Vite: Remix 2.2 Introduces Vite Support](https://remix.run/blog/remix-heart-vite) β€” [Remix](https://remix.run/) is a popular full-stack JavaScript framework that began as a paid product, but has been open source for two years now. If you found [Remix’s compilation](https://remix.run/docs/en/main/discussion/introduction) approach opaque before, we have great news: _β€œWith Vite, Remix is no longer a compiler. Remix itself is just a Vite plugin.”_ This post tells the full story. Cattori and Dalgleish (Remix) - πŸ—³ The folks behind the _State of JavaScript_ survey have unveiled a new [_State of React_ survey](https://survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey/state-of-react/2023) to take. As with their other surveys, you get to test your knowledge as well as provide useful insights. - πŸ” [Shadow](https://goose.icu/introducing-shadow/) is a new, experimental browser engine built in JavaScript itself. It renders its output in your usual browser using an HTML canvas. [Source code.](https://github.com/canadahonk/shadow) - πŸ” GitHub is [scanning all public npm packages](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-10-26-secret-scanning-scans-public-npm-packages/) for leaked secrets. Note that if secrets are found, the _provider_ associated with those secrets is notified. - ❄️ [WinterJS](https://wasmer.io/posts/announcing-winterjs-service-workers) is a new JS Service Workers server, powered by Rust & SpiderMonkey. - πŸ₯ Uh-oh, it's [_Flappy Bird_ implemented in TypeScript types.](https://zackoverflow.dev/writing/flappy-bird-in-type-level-typescript) **RELEASES:** - [Astro 3.4](https://astro.build/blog/astro-340/) – The Web framework gains page partials, a new experimental dev overlay, and more. - [Visual Studio Code October 2023](https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_84) – A couple of minor enhancements to the JS debugger, and Copilot Chat (if you have [GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/features/copilot)) can now provide better answers because it's sent implementation details behind the symbols you mention. - jQuery 4.0 is [100% feature complete](https://github.com/jquery/jquery/milestone/7) but it's not released _just yet.._ but we know you can't wait. Ditto for Angular 17 – more on that soon. - [Rollup 4.2](https://github.com/rollup/rollup), [Cypress 13.4](https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/changelog#13-4-0), [Ember.js 5.4](https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js), [Stencil 4.7](https://github.com/ionic-team/stencil/releases/tag/v4.7.0) πŸ“’ Articles & Tutorials [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/xchmphacd4pelus5i0pl.jpg)](https://marvinh.dev/blog/speeding-up-javascript-ecosystem-part-8/) [Speeding Up the JavaScript Ecosystem: Tailwind CSS](https://marvinh.dev/blog/speeding-up-javascript-ecosystem-part-8/) β€” Marvin’s ongoing journey to improve our ecosystem by finding low-hanging performance-bearing fruit continues with a look at how the architecture of Tailwind CSS could be tuned. Marvin Hagemeist [A New Way to Bring Garbage Collected Languages Efficiently to WebAssembly](https://v8.dev/blog/wasm-gc-porting) β€” WasmGC is a new and promising way to implement GC languages in WebAssembly and [it’s now enabled by default in Chrome.](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/wasmgc/) Alon Zakai (V8) [Generally Awesome UI Components For Project Management and Scheduling](https://bryntum.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_id=jsweekly-link-20231102) β€” Level up your UX with advanced data grids, calendars, schedulers, and Gantt charts. Bryntum sponsor β–Ά[Your Website Does Not _Need_ JavaScript](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKU65gV6FSA) β€” An hour long talk in which Amy builds a completely static website β€” using a collection of HTML and CSS files with no tracking, no scripting, no servers, and no third-party resources. Amy Kapernick [Building a Generic RSS Parser Service with Cloudflare Workers](https://www.raymondcamden.com/2023/10/31/building-a-generic-rss-parser-service-with-cloudflare-workers) β€” Ray walks through various iterations and improvements in trying to build an RSS parser that can work in the _Workers_environment. Raymond Camden [Can Next.js Handle 5000 Pages?](https://dev.to/codebeast/can-nextjs-handle-5000-pages-1ejn) β€” Christian set out to push both Next.js and AWS Amplify hard. A good read. Christian Nwamba πŸ—£ [Is Express Still the 'De-Facto' Choice for Building Node.js Webapps?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38059004) Hacker News πŸ›  Code & Tools [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/ejx0whgdy1nsxajr98zv.jpg)](https://svelteflow.dev/) [Svelte Flow: Node-Based UI for Svelte](https://svelteflow.dev/) β€” From the creators of [React Flow](https://reactflow.dev/) comes a Svelte version in the shape of a customizable Svelte component for building node-based editors and interactive diagrams. [Check out the examples.](https://svelteflow.dev/examples) webkid GmbH [Docusaurus 3.0: Meta's Static Site Generator](https://docusaurus.io/blog/releases/3.0) β€” [Docusaurus](https://docusaurus.io/) is a popular React-powered tool aimed at building documentation sites, though it handles more general sites too. v3 features an upgrade to MDX v3, React 18, Mermaid v10, and essentially updates everything. SΓ©bastien Lorber [Get Logged Values Right Where You Need Them: In Your Editor](https://console-ninja.com/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=javascriptweekly&utm_content=javascriptweekly) β€” Simply start your editor, and your development server/test runner in watch mode, and see values next to your code. No setup required. Wallaby Team sponsor [Hotkey 2.2: Declarative Keyboard Shortcuts for HTML](https://github.com/github/hotkey) β€” Set a `data-hotkey` attribute on your elements to quickly add keyboard shortcuts. v2.2 improves Mac alt/option support. GitHub [Is Text or Binary? 7.0](https://github.com/bevry/istextorbinary) β€” This library first tries to determine from a filename if the contents of the associated file are _likely_ to be binary or text. Failing that, it can then look at the actual data to figure it out. Bevry [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/ttc00aijxjqyww3n2k4n.jpg)](https://www.zachleat.com/web/browser-window/) [``: A Web Component to Create Pretend Browser Windows on the Web](https://www.zachleat.com/web/browser-window/) β€” A lightweight themed zero-dependency web component wrapper to emulate a Safari-like browser window within a Web page. The [page full of demos](https://zachleat.github.io/browser-window/demo.html) might give you some ideas for its use. Zach Leatherman [Add Authorization, MFA, Biometrics to Your JavaScript App in Minutes](https://fusionauth.io/?utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=jsweekly&utm_campaign=brieflink) FusionAuth sponsor [lossless-json: Parse JSON Without Losing Numeric Information](https://github.com/josdejong/lossless-json) β€” `JSON.parse` can [trip over when it comes to large numbers](https://jsoneditoronline.org/indepth/parse/why-does-json-parse-corrupt-large-numbers/), so this library parses numeric values not as regular numbers but in a lightweight lossless way keeping the value as a string. Jos de Jong [Vueform: An Open Source Form Framework for Vue.js](https://vueform.com/news/20231020-vueform-is-now-open-source) β€” This has been around for a while but is now MIT licensed. Its ancillary [form builder app](https://builder.vueform.com/demo) stays commercial, but isn't mandatory for using the library. [GitHub repo](https://github.com/vueform/vueform). Vueform - [sweetalert2 v11.9](https://sweetalert2.github.io/) – Customizable, accessible replacement for`alert()` - [YouTube.js 7.0](https://github.com/LuanRT/YouTube.js) – Wrapper around YouTube's internal API. - [eslint-plugin-unicorn 49](https://github.com/sindresorhus/eslint-plugin-unicorn) – Over 100 useful ESLint rules. **_NOTABLE QUOTABLE_** β€œIf it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.” ___ Mich Ravera πŸ’› And something else we love [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/wq1kinztbo42a8lgbgwz.jpg)](https://www.val.town/) [Val Town 3.0: A Social Way to Write and Deploy TypeScript](https://www.val.town/) β€” _β€œIf GitHub Gists Could Run, and AWS Lambda Were Fun”_ is a fantastic description for this online platform where you write tiny bite size functions (β€˜val’s) to be run in V8 isolates. You can connect them together, schedule them, serve them up over HTTP, and more. [Version 3](https://blog.val.town/blog/introducing-val-town-v3) is a big jump for the platform, adding JSX support, more standardized JavaScript approaches to solving problems, and the ability to edit and run your β€˜vals’ _locally._ Steve Krouse Published by [Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/) and edited by [Peter Cooper](https://twitter.com/cooperx86) 'JavaScript' is a trademark of Oracle Corporation in the US We are not endorsed by or affiliated with Oracle. [Change your email address](https://javascriptweekly.com/edit_subscription/*|UID|*) or [stop getting this newsletter](https://javascriptweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*). Β© Cooper Press Ltd Β· Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth, LN11 0LS, United Kingdom