V8 Javascript Update
NodeJS 14 introduces V8.1 Javascript Engine. This release has many large performance improvements over V8.
Diagnostic Report
This feature is now in stable and allows you to write out a JSON file to disk.
You can find more information about this feature here.
Internationalization Support
NodeJS 14 improves internationalization by including full-icu by default.
You can find more information bout this feature here.
Experimental Async Local Storage API
Experimental Async Local Storage API brings thread-local storage like functionality to NodeJS. This allows you to create state with asynchronous code like callbacks and promises.
You can find more information bout this feature here.
Some other features have been updated as well.
- Streams
- N-API 6 Support
- Depreciated modules
The two biggest features in this release are V8.1 Javascript Engine and Internationalization improvements.
You can download the latest version of NodeJS from https://nodejs.org/ but you will need the current version to use these features. The LTS edition is long term support and does not have bleeding-edge features.
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