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The React + Redux Frontend for ClassTranscribe
https://classtranscribe.illinois.edu
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How far should we update Node version? #813

Closed harsh183 closed 3 weeks ago

harsh183 commented 1 month ago

Now that we have node version upgrades unlocked, we need to decide how far to upgrade. The major choices at the moment are: 18, 20 (LTS and official default on the site) and 22 (latest stable).

Looking at support https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases, 16 (CT currently) is past maintenance, 18 will be maintained till 2025 and 20 will be maintained till 2026. Node v22 is currently marked as active.

Looking at https://node.green/ - Node 18 covers basically all the major features upto ECMA Script 2023, so we won't miss any major JS features, it'll come down to what our package upgrades support basically.

harsh183 commented 3 weeks ago

With https://github.com/classtranscribe/FrontEnd/pull/789 merged, we're now on 18, we should be fine for now but we can reopen this if anyone has a good reason to also move onto later versions.