You can create a JSON string from anything in JavaScript using the JSON.stringify(anything) method. However, the resulting JSON string may not contain the expected values. For example, if you’re JSON serializing a JavaScript error, you’ll notice that its JSON string doesn’t contain any properties. JavaScript …

The Fs.realpath method in Node.js resolves the actual file system location of a given path. For example, you’re typically creating a symlink for nginx configuration files from the directory containing all available files to the directory having the enabled files. You can use the Node.js file …

You may notice a deprecation warning in your terminal that the fs.Stats constructor is deprecated. Node.js deprecated the public fs.Stats constructor in version 22.0.0: (node:17560) [DEP0180] DeprecationWarning: fs.Stats constructor is deprecated. (Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created) This tutorial …

Sometimes you need to detect the version running your code at runtime. You may need this to ensure that your code runs with a required version of Bun. This tutorial shows you how to detect the Bun version, that runs your code, at runtime. {{outline}} Determine the Bun Version Running …

The Bun JavaScript runtime is still in an early stage of development at the time of writing this tutorial. It’s not 100% compatible with Node.js and there are a handful of APIs missing for full interoperability. If you still want to support Bun, you may need to adjust …

Starting from Node.js 20.10.0 and 21.7.0 you can format a text using a styleText utility function. You may know terminal styling packages like Chalk already. There’s a good chance you don’t need Chalk anymore 😃 styleText is a simple tool and useful in console …

We often use the terms argument and parameter when discussing code. We use both terms interchangeably, but actually, they are not. Both terms describe different things. An argument describes a value passed during a function invocation. It’s the value you’re passing down to a function. A parameter describes …

ECMAScript modules are an official standard describing a format on how to write reusable JavaScript code. Browsers used ECMAScript modules and Node.js had their own module loading implementation: CommonJS. Node.js added full ESM support starting from version 12. At the time of writing this tutorial, developers migrate their …