evolution

A note on the evolution of important versions of popular front-end libraries/frameworks.

Node.js

• package.json："type" field（v12.17.0）
• ESM: Top-Level Await（v14.8.0）
• package.json："exports" & "imports" patterns - replace "main" field（v12.20.0, v14.13.0）
• node: protocol imports（v14.18.0, v16.0.0）
• fs/promises support（v14.0.0, via require('fs').promises from v10.1.0）

React

v18

• ReactDOM.render is no longer supported in React 18.

// Before
import { render } from 'react-dom';
render(<App tab="home" />, document.getElementById('app'));

// After
import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('app')); // createRoot(document.getElementById('app')!) if you use TypeScript
root.render(<App tab="home" />);

• changed unmountComponentAtNode to root.unmount.

// Before
unmountComponentAtNode(container);

// After
root.unmount();

• removed the callback from render.

// Before
const container = document.getElementById('app');
render(<App tab="home" />, container, () => {
  console.log('rendered');
});

// After
function AppWithCallbackAfterRender() {
  useEffect(() => {
    console.log('rendered');
  });

  return <App tab="home" />
}

const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('app'));
root.render(<AppWithCallbackAfterRender />);

• Finally, if your app uses server-side rendering with hydration, upgrade hydrate to hydrateRoot.

// Before
import { hydrate } from 'react-dom';
hydrate(<App tab="home" />, document.getElementById('app'));

// After
import { hydrateRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
const container = ;
const root = hydrateRoot(
  document.getElementById('app'),
  <App tab="home" />
);
// Unlike with `createRoot`, you don't need a separate root.render() call here.

v16.8

• React Hooks
  • Basic Hooks: useState, useEffect, useContext
  • Additional Hooks: useReducer, useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useImperativeHandler, useLayoutEffect, useDebugValue, useDeferredValue, useTransition, useId
  • Library Hooks: useSyncExternalStore, useInsertionEffect

Express

5.0.0-alpha.1

WARNING:This version was released in November 2014, but is still in beta as of today.

remove:

• app.del - use app.delete`
• req.acceptsCharset - use req.acceptsCharsets
• req.acceptsEncoding - use req.acceptsEncodings
• req.acceptsLanguage - use req.acceptsLanguages
• res.json(obj, status) signature - use res.json(status, obj)
• res.jsonp(obj, status) signature - use res.jsonp(status, obj)
• res.send(body, status) signature - use res.send(status, body)
• res.send(status) signature - use res.sendStatus(status)
• res.sendfile - use res.sendFile instead
• express.query middleware

change:

• req.host now returns host (hostname:port) - use req.hostname for only hostname
• req.query is now a getter instead of a plain property

add:

• app.router is a reference to the base router

v4.17.0

• Add express.raw to parse bodies into Buffer
• Add express.text to parse bodies into string

v4.16.0

• Add express.json and express.urlencoded to parse bodies

v4.15.0

• Add next("router") to exit from router