Hey everyone! We’re excited to be able to announce a few StdLib platform updates. Service deployment has been sped up, and the default Node engine upgraded to 8.10.0, and we’re pleased to launch a more personalized profile page experience for developers and businesses — customize the look of your StdLib account to express your individuality, or to welcome users to your business and APIs.

If you’re not familiar with StdLib, we’re an API development and publishing platform that runs on serverless architecture. What that means is that we’re the fastest way for developers to turn their Node.js code into live, infinitely-scalable, production-ready API endpoints with automated documentation, authentication, rate-limiting, billing, SDK generation and more. We also enable simple, seamless integration with existing APIs in our library, like sending SMS with one line of code via MessageBird. If you’re interested in getting started, our Github page will walk you through the process of signing up and creating your first service.

Even Faster Deployments

Having a short feedback loop plays a significant role in making programming enjoyable and productive. StdLib users have always enjoyed short deploy times, and they just got even better. We’ve cut the majority of deploy times in half by providing a caching layer for your Node.js dependencies, which means consecutive deployments will be much faster, tightening your build-deploy-iterate loop and allowing you to build your APIs at lightning speed. We’re talking in the range of sub-4s deployments for packages of all sizes, including automated NPM installation.

Node 8.10.0 Support

Overriding the default node.js engine

StdLib now ships with Node 8.10.0 as the default engine for functions. To use the previous engine versions, you can manually set the “engine” field in the “stdlib” object of your package.json. You can check out the release notes for Node 8.10.0 here.

New Profile Pages

Last but certainly not least, we have released our new profile pages. Check out how one of our partners, MessageBird, has customized their StdLib profile.

Profile page for MessageBird — check it out at https://stdlib.com/@messagebird/

Editing a profile page is simple: when you’re on your own page, you’ll see a bright red Edit Profile button on the top right. Simply click it to enter Edit Mode and start editing! Click it again to Save Changes when you’re done modifying your profile. Here’s an example of Justin’s profile page, a little bit more personal and less business-oriented:

Justin’s profile page with cover photo — check it out at https://stdlib.com/@jwoo

We hope you like it, we would love to hear what you think, and we can’t wait to see what you build next — enjoy!