State of JS, Node Release Schedule Revisited, and WebMCP | News | Ep 57
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The episode discusses the latest news in JavaScript, including insights from the State of JS survey and updates on Node's release schedule.
News for the week of Feb 23, 2026 : highlights from the State of JS survey, Node is revamping its release schedule, and Bun finally gets stage 3 decorator support. From the community: Deno's code-first sandboxes, typesafe `Map.has()`, and Electrobun rendering with WebGPU. Support Our Troop 🍪 Buy Girl Scout Cookies ! Sponsored by Excalibur.js Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools. Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy Chapters (00:00) - Welcome to the Show (06:37) - News: State of JS Survey Insights (16:48) - News: Deno 2.7 Marks Temporal API as Stable (19:24) - News: Node 24.14.0 and 25.7.0 Releases (21:13) - News: Node's New Release Schedule in 2027 (25:13) - News: Bun 1.3.10 Ships Stage 3 Decorators and Native REPL (28:04) - News: WebMCP Becomes a W3C Standard (33:20) - News: React Foundation Officially Launches (34:57) - Library…
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