What are your best Node tips/tricks/discoveries from 2021?

• sharp

  98 28,035 9.4 JavaScript

  High performance Node.js image processing, the fastest module to resize JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and TIFF images. Uses the libvips library.

As a seasoned sharp user, discovered jimp . Had to convert an image to BMP once and sharp doesn't support that format.

• jimp

  8 13,477 6.3 JavaScript

  An image processing library written entirely in JavaScript for Node, with zero external or native dependencies.

  

As a seasoned sharp user, discovered jimp . Had to convert an image to BMP once and sharp doesn't support that format.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io featured

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• Prisma

  444 37,328 9.9 TypeScript

  Next-generation ORM for Node.js & TypeScript | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB and CockroachDB

  

Prisma... best ORM I've ever used. The TS support for end-to-end (DB+ORM>API>Frontend) typing of data is amazing.

• Koa

  71 34,875 6.0 JavaScript

  Expressive middleware for node.js using ES2017 async functions

  

I started using Koa; it's a web framework from the same team that created Express. I like its simplicity and how the middlewares interact in a stack-like manner.

• benchmarks

  14 569 6.8 JavaScript

  Fast and low overhead web framework fastify benchmarks. (by fastify)

  

Also, Fastify, though I haven't used it much.

• adonis-apollo

  2 51 5.6 TypeScript

  Apollo GraphQL server for AdonisJS 5

  

• TypeORM

  156 33,430 9.0 TypeScript

  ORM for TypeScript and JavaScript. Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SAP Hana, WebSQL databases. Works in NodeJS, Browser, Ionic, Cordova and Electron platforms.

  

Yeah I've used TypeORM. I can't get over weird TypeORM APIs like this

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com featured

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• MikroORM

  48 7,202 9.9 TypeScript

  TypeScript ORM for Node.js based on Data Mapper, Unit of Work and Identity Map patterns. Supports MongoDB, MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL and SQLite/libSQL databases.

  

Here is the issue I raised: https://github.com/mikro-orm/mikro-orm/issues/602

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