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Discussion on: The problem with blindly using the latest Node

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Amin

Hi there, thanks for sharing your experience! You said that you were surprised to find that nothing was working anymore. But is it really surprising considering you upgraded to a major version? Because I though that major version introduced breaking changes.

Also like Pawel said, Dockerization might be a better solution. Plus, using some continuous development tools such as GitHub Action would allow to test your project over multiple version of Node without messing with your local environment.

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Michel

I suppose "surprise" was too much. But in my defense I didn't pay attention to the version changes (my fault, as I do "blind" upgrades), and it was morning.

As I only build small programs in local mode, I think it's not a big deal. Like I said, it's the first time I have a "problem".

I am very impressed by the work of Node's mainteners and packages developpers: I'm using Windows and zéro problem for months!