All the code will have as the minimum target the Node version 8.9.0 since this is a LTS version and Node 8 has lots of good stuff to offer.
Node 8.30 was the first version of Node to use V8 6.0, which includes an all-new JavaScript interpreter (Ignition) and optimizing compiler (TurboFan).
Among other performance benefits, this new JavaScript engine no longer penalizes "optimization killers" like try-catch blocks or certain usages of the arguments object.
All the code will have as the minimum target the Node version 8.9.0 since this is a LTS version and Node 8 has lots of good stuff to offer.
Node 8.30 was the first version of Node to use V8 6.0, which includes an all-new JavaScript interpreter (Ignition) and optimizing compiler (TurboFan).
Among other performance benefits, this new JavaScript engine no longer penalizes "optimization killers" like
try-catchblocks or certain usages of theargumentsobject.