Top 8 Recent V8 in Node Updates | AppSignal Blog

March 4, 2024

V8 is the most popular JavaScript engine on the planet, supporting technologies such as Chrome and Node.js. The pace of V8’s development is impressive, with multiple code commits a day and major releases roughly every month.

Source: Top 8 Recent V8 in Node Updates | AppSignal Blog

While knowing the internals and inner workings of browser and JavaScript engines isn’t necessary for being a developer that uses those technologies, it can be interesting, and at times of practical value. We’ve covered such internals a few times over the years.

This article covers recent developments in V8, the most widely used JavaScript engine.