NodeJS 16, the new major version has just been released!

Every 6 months, a new major version of NodeJS is release. And each even number is having its own LTS. NodeJS 16 is not going to be an exception.

Update of V8

V8, the Javascript engine used by NodeJS (And mainly developed by Google) has been updated from version 8.6 to version 9.

This update mainly brings better performances and support for new features of Javascript.

New feature supported

• RegExp Match Indices
• Timers Promises API (Stable)
• AbortController (Web API)
• Atob and btoa for your base64
• Web Crypto API (Experimental)

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