Node.js is our topic this week as Mark and first-time host, Jon Foust, pick the brain of Myles Borins. Myles updates us on all the new things happening with Node.js, including the new .dev site that holds a ton of documentation to help people get started. Node.js now integrates with Cloud Build, the Node.js foundation has some new developments, and Google App Engine supports Node.js. The group has also been working on serverless containers.

Myles Borins

Myles Borins is a developer, musician, artist, and maker. They work for Google as a developer advocate serving the Node.js ecosystem. Myles cares about the open web and healthy communities.

Cool things of the week

• Google Cloud Next ‘19 session guide now available blog
• Introducing scheduled snapshots for Compute Engine persistent disk blog
• Reliable task scheduling on Compute Engine with Cloud Scheduler site
• How to make a self-destructing VM on Google Cloud Platform article
• Making AI-powered speech more accessible—now with more options, lower prices, and new languages and voices blog

Interview

• GCP Podcast Episode 105: Node.js with Myles Borins podcast
• Node.js site
• Introduction to Node.js site
• Nodejs.dev on Github site
• Cloud Build site
• Firebase site
• Node.js Foundation site
• JS Foundation site
• Linux Foundation site
• Foundation Bootstrap Team on Github site
• App Engine site
• G Suite site
• Apps Script site
• BigQuery site
• JSON site
• The hilarious misadventures of being a platform downstream from your language video
• Node.js Versions - How Do They Work? video
• Open Source Leadership Summit site
• Black Girls Code site
• Scripted site
• Girls Who Code site

Question of the week

How do I get google cloud APIs to work within Unity?

Add packages from NuGet to a Unity project and read more in the Unity docs here

Where can you find us next?

Mark will be at GDC in March, Cloud NEXT, and ECG in April.

Jon will be at GDC, Cloud NEXT, ECG, and Vector 2019.