2 posts tagged with "Node.js"

JavaScript performance has always been important to the V8 team, and in this post we would like to discuss a new JavaScript Web Tooling Benchmark that we have been using recently to identify and fix some performance bottlenecks in V8. You may already be aware of V8’s strong commitment to Node.js and this benchmark extends that commitment by specifically running performance tests based on common developer tools built upon Node.js. The tools in the Web Tooling Benchmark are the same ones used by developers and designers today to build modern web sites and cloud-based applications. In continuation of our ongoing efforts to focus on real-world performance rather than artificial benchmarks, we created the benchmark using actual code that developers run every day.

Node.js’s popularity has been growing steadily over the last few years, and we have been working to make Node.js better. This blog post highlights some of the recent efforts in V8 and DevTools.

Debug Node.js in DevTools​

You can now debug Node applications using the Chrome developer tools. The Chrome DevTools Team moved the source code that implements the debugging protocol from Chromium to V8, thereby making it easier for Node Core to stay up to date with the debugger sources and dependencies. Other browser vendors and IDEs use the Chrome debugging protocol as well, collectively improving the developer experience when working with Node.