Node in the Browser × WebContainers + NodeBox

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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about two new services that allow you to run Node in the browser, WebContainers + NodeBox. Why Node in the browser? How does it work? And what are the differences and limitations of the services?

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Show Notes

• 00:25 Welcome
• 01:14 Sponsor: Sentry
• 02:45 Webcontainers and NodeBox
• Introducing WebContainers
• Code Sandbox
• CodePen
• Replit
• GitHub Codespaces
• 06:42 Why Node.js in the browser?
• 11:08 How does it work?
• 13:10 Clientside APIs
• 14:27 Using iFrame to proxy messages
• 17:39 Are these open source?
• 19:22 Differences between the two services
• 21:10 Wes to Figma, Scott to Penpot
• Figma
• Penpot
• 24:51 Limitations

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