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Date Published
Author
Amjad Masad
Word Count
149
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3
Language
English
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Summary

Last year, a feature allowing users to import any Python package from PyPi was introduced and became quite popular, despite not supporting all packages perfectly. Building on this success, the platform is now extending this capability to web-based languages, enabling users to import any compatible package from npm for use in JavaScript REPL, HTML/CSS/JS, or ES2016 environments. This is achieved by parsing the required modules from the code, fetching the package from npm via wzrd.in, and evaluating it within the same context as the user's code. Although ES6 imports are not yet supported, there are plans to include this functionality in the future. The development of this feature involved contributions from Phạm Ngọc Quang Nam, the npm registry, and the wzrd.in packaging service.

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