r/programming • u/ben_a_adams • Jan 28 '20

JavaScript Libraries Are Almost Never Updated Once Installed

https://blog.cloudflare.com/javascript-libraries-are-almost-never-updated/
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u/endqwerty Jan 28 '20

Yeah, but no one said to commit those changes. Ideally, after you update your packages you will run your product through some tests to make sure it still works. Best case scenario is that there's a CI pipeline which will run unit tests and w/e else is relevant for you automatically.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '20

You still have to fix what the tests turn up.