In this episode with Michael Dawson, Node.js Community Lead for Red Hat + IBM, we will discuss the work happening in the open-source Node.js space, including the upcoming Node.js v16 release, work on the “Next 10 Years” initiative, how the Node.js governance model has influenced many other open-source projects and whatever else comes to mind.

Key Takeaways:

• [00:05 - 00:42] Intro to the episode
• [02:18 - 06:36] Node.js v16 Release
• [06:44 - 08:33] How do releases go?
• [11:51 - 16:17] The Next 10 effort
• [18:56 - 20:15] How to get involved with Next 10
• [21:13 - 26:44] Initiatives Michael is excited about
• [35:13 - 41:10] The Reference Architecture

Resources:

Node.js v16 Release: github.com/nodejs/release

Next 10: github.com/nodejs/next-10

Collaboration Spaces: https://openjsf.org/blog/2020/11/12/introducing-the-openjs-collaboration-network/

Intro to Ref Arch: https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/03/08/introduction-to-the-node-js-reference-architecture-part-1-overview/

Joe just published a great article on OpenShift resources: developer.ibm.com/blogs/node-developers-red-hat-openshift/

Success Stories: developer.ibm.com/languages/node-js/articles/nodejs-weather-company-success-story/

Welcome to Node.js: https://developers.redhat.com/topics/nodejs

Published Updated Blog Post on Prometheus: developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/03/22/monitor-node-js-applications-on-red-hat-openshift-with-prometheus/

Diagnostic Report: nodejs.org/api/report.html

Events:

OpenJS World: openjsworld.com/

Quarterly Node event with NearForm: nearform.com/events/