Get Ready for the JS Optimizations in New V8 Versions
How the performance characteristics of V8’s Turbofan will affect the way we optimize in Chrome 59+ and Node 8.3+ situations. -
https://goo.gl/gKNCGa

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V8 Release 6.2

V8’s latest branch is in beta until its release in Chrome 61 and it’s packed with developer-facing goodies including extra performance, more regex features, and an increased max string length. - https://goo.gl/5RAJLG

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V8 Release 6.3: Speed and New ES Features

The latest branch of the V8 engine will make its first appearance in Chrome 63. Performance increases are the order of the day, plus three ‘stage 3’ ECMAScript features. - https://goo.gl/Sj8qG8

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How the V8 Team is Using a New 'Web Tooling Benchmark'

You know when hardware reviewers benchmark against Photoshop and games? This is a look at a new, similarly practical performance test for JavaScript engines. - https://goo.gl/Npyd1M

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Taming Architecture Complexity in V8

An introduction to CodeStubAssembler (CSA), a component in V8 that “has been a very useful tool in achieving some big performance wins over the last several V8 releases”. - https://goo.gl/VE4oc2

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Faster Async Functions and Promises for V8

A substantial and easy-to-follow exploration of how async functions and promises in V8 have been optimized and how the debugging experience for async code has been improved. - http://bit.ly/2DGcGaS

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