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Bytes issue 34, “An absolute rager,” is a short JavaScript newsletter published on February 8, 2021. Its main release coverage was Vuex 4.0 and npm 7, alongside an interview about the future of web development and a collection of developer links. The release notes below describe what the newsletter reported at the time—not current setup instructions or compatibility advice.
Issue details
The Bytes issue page and the Bytes archive identify this as issue 34, published February 8, 2021. Bytes describes itself as “Your ~~favorite~~ most confident JavaScript newsletter,” and the issue is labeled a two-minute read. The issue itself stated that 196,016 developers received Bytes each week for free; it did not provide a measurement method, so that figure is best understood as the newsletter’s own claim at the time.
What the issue reported about Vuex 4.0
The newsletter described Vuex as Vue’s default state-management pattern and library, created by Vue team members and designed after Flux patterns also used in Redux. It framed Vuex 4.0 as an update focused on compatibility with Vue 3, with Composition API support, expanded TypeScript support, and a simplified approach.
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- Store creation: the release introduced a new installation process using
createStore. - TypeScript: global typings for
this.$storein Vue components were removed, so TypeScript users could declare typed structures themselves. - Bundles: the issue described four automatically generated bundles aligned with Vue 3.
These are the issue’s February 2021 descriptions, not current instructions for a Vue project. Check the current Vuex documentation before choosing a library or following setup steps.
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What the issue reported about npm 7
Bytes said npm 7 had become the latest release the preceding week and would be installed by default with npm install --global npm. Its highlighted changes were:
- Workspaces: manage multiple packages from a top-level root package.
- Peer dependencies: npm began installing peer dependencies automatically.
- Lockfiles: support for
package-lockv2 andyarn.lock. - Audit and scripts: improved
npm auditoutput and an--ignore-scriptsoption for skipping pre- and post-scripts.
The issue relayed npm’s description of the lockfile format as enabling “deterministically reproducible builds” and including what npm needs to build the package tree. Because that quotation appears here through the newsletter’s account, it should not be treated as a freshly checked npm specification. These are historical npm 7 highlights; behavior and commands may differ in current npm releases.
What Tomasz Lakomy predicted about the web
The issue’s “One Question Interview” asked: “What does building for the web look like 5 years from now?” Tomasz Lakomy offered these predictions and personal expectations:
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- React would become the go-to tool for apps, while Svelte would be used for sites.
- jQuery and WordPress would continue to power a majority of the web.
- He would still look up flexbox documentation when styling.
These are Lakomy’s opinions and forecasts as printed in 2021, not measured findings or evidence about how the web later developed.
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The issue also pointed readers to eight articles, tools, and projects:
- Felix’s article on JavaScript memory management.
- Transition.style.
- An article on bad TypeScript habits.
- A video about building desktop applications with Vue 3 and Electron.
- Visual Studio Code’s first update of 2021.
- Deskreen, described as an Electron app that turns a browser-equipped device into a secondary screen.
- Jake Archibald on callback functions.
- NES.css, an NES-style CSS framework.
These are links featured in the original issue, not a guarantee that each resource remains available or current. Check the original pages for present-day details.
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