Microsoft Edge 2021 Retrospective, Safari Technology Preview 138, Deno 1.18, Node v17.4.0, and more | Front End News #049
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Published: 2022-01-26 03:44:10

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It has been a quiet week for the web industry. The Edge team published their 2021 retrospective, while WebKit released Safari Technology Preview 138. And the software updates and releases include Deno 1.18, Node v17.4.0, and more.

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## Looking back at Microsoft Edge for developers in 2021

The Microsoft Edge team published their own retrospective article, covering the advancement their browser made in 2021. Here are the main topics covered:

- contributions to the Web Platform with new APIs, such as CSS Modules, the EyeDropper API, Delegated Ink, the Virtual Keyboard API, and the HapticsDevice API
- the stable version of Edge became available on Linux
- improved DevTools and better integration with VSCode
- new features for PWAs: URL handling, Protocol handling, and Window Controls Overlay

If you are interested in more details, be sure to check out the article below:

- [Looking back at Microsoft Edge for developers in 2021](https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2022/01/19/looking-back-at-microsoft-edge-for-developers-in-2021/)

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## Browser news

### WebKit

Safari Technology Preview 138 is out and it brings some interesting features

- New tools for Alignment properties
- Web Inspector option to group lists of CSS variables
- support for the CSS `:focus-visible` property
- support for CSS Containment

For more details you should check out the official release notes:

- [Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 138](https://webkit.org/blog/12176/release-notes-for-safari-technology-preview-138/)

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## Software updates and releases

- **[Capacitor 3.4.0](https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor/releases/tag/3.4.0)** - build cross-platform Native Progressive Web Apps for iOS, Android, and the Web
- **[Deno 1.18](https://deno.com/blog/v1.18)** - a modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
- **[discord.js 13.6.0](https://github.com/discordjs/discord.js/releases/tag/13.6.0)** - a powerful JavaScript library for interacting with the Discord API
- **[ESLint v8.7.0](https://eslint.org/blog/2022/01/eslint-v8.7.0-released)** - find and fix problems in your JavaScript code
- **[Node v17.4.0 (Current)](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v17.4.0/)** - an asynchronous event-driven JavaScript runtime
- **[react-markdown 8.0.0](https://github.com/remarkjs/react-markdown/releases/tag/8.0.0)** - Markdown component for React
- **[Rockpack 2.0.0](https://github.com/AlexSergey/rockpack/releases/tag/2.0.0)** - a simple solution for creating React Application

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