Node Roundup: 0.8.10-11, Cabinet, Node Si
0.8.10
Node 0.8 releases are still coming thick and fast, with the release of 0.8.10 this week. On average the 0.8 branch has seen approximately 9 days between releases, with an extended summer holiday period of 20 days in August and September.
This version has a few fs fixes by Ben Noordhuis, although he’s already cited an issue in fs.stat() so he’s recommending holding off for 0.8.11 which should be released later this week.
Cabinet
Cabinet (License: MIT, npm: cabinet) by Manuel Astudillo is an alternative to Connect’s static middleware. The changes from TJ’s original module are as follows:
- Memory-based cache, based on fs.watch
- Automatic asset compilation and minification
- gzip
- Support for “virtual” files, including cache manifests
The API is compatible with Connect and Express middleware, but there are additional options:
app.use(cabinet(__dirname + '/static', {
coffee: true,
gzip: true,
less: {
// Specify search paths for @import directives
paths: ['.',__dirname + '/static/stylesheets']
},
cache: { maxSize: 1024, maxObjects:256 }
}));
The project comes with Mocha tests, and additional options are documented in the readme file.
Node Si
Node Si (License: MIT, npm: si) by Michał Czapracki is a binary prefix number parser and formatter module. It can be used to format numbers like 10000000 as 10M, or 10gb as 1e10.
It’s currently a simple module, but the author plans on adding IEC compliant binary multipliers like ‘MiB’, case sensitive formats, and fractional SI multipliers.
