Experimental global fetch API that simplifies writing cross-platform HTTP request code is available by default in the latest version of the popular JavaScript runtime. Node.js 18, the latest ...

Node.js 18 includes an update to the V8 JavaScript engine, global fetch enabled by default, and a core test runner module.

Node.js and Deno run on the V8 Javascript engine and provide the Node-API to access different features, such as filesystems, that don’t apply to web browsers.

Downloadable from the Node.js website, Node.js 17 follows a strategic initiative to provide promise-based core APIs.

Feature bloat, or added value for this JavaScript toolkit? The Bun team has released version 1.2.21 of its JavaScript bundler and runtime, written in Zig, adding features including built-in drivers ...