--- title: "Hey, how many C's are there in JavaScript?" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 705 published_at: "2024-09-19" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/705" --- Plus making an appeal to Oracle and Larry Ellison over JavaScript's future. | #​705 — September 19, 2024 [Read on the Web](https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/705) Together with [![QA Wolf\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,e_trim,w_676,h_165/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:10/v1697452866/jsfvxyuggor0ygcs9j0c.png)](https://www.qawolf.com/?utm_campaign=CutQACycles09192024&utm_source=jsweekly&utm_medium=newsletter) JavaScript™? 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Paul Miller - [Express.js 4.21](https://github.com/expressjs/express/releases/tag/4.21.0) – We featured [Express.js 5.0](https://github.com/expressjs/express/releases/tag/v5.0.0) last week, but the widely deployed 4.x branch continues to get updates. - ⭐ [Starlight 0.28](https://astro.build/blog/starlight-028/) – Astro’s official, all-in-one docs site builder. - [Material UI 6.1](https://github.com/mui/material-ui/releases/tag/v6.1.0) – Independent React components using Material Design. - [Varlet 3.5](https://github.com/varletjs/varlet) – Material Design-inspired component library for Vue 3. - [Preact 10.24](https://github.com/preactjs/preact/releases/tag/10.24.0) – The 3KB React-compatible alternative. - [NodeBB 3.9](https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v3.9.0) – Node.js based forum system. 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