Open Beta v6

[marcomontalbano]

Last year, I made the decision to stop supporting older versions of Node.js. Continuing to use outdated versions meant missing out on important updates and leaving ourselves vulnerable to security risks. That's why, back in February, I introduced v5, which no longer supports Node.js 12 and 14.

Now it's time to move forward and drop support for Node.js 16, as it stopped receiving updates in October 2023.

With the introduction of v6, I'm aiming to upgrade all our dependencies to their latest major versions.

Since we're also incorporating dependencies that have transitioned to being pure ESM, I've decided to fully embrace this by migrating to pure ESM ourselves.

This change may seem significant, but for most users, it's likely to have minimal impact. If your project already uses type="module" in your package.json, you're good to go.

However, if your project hasn't yet made this transition, you'll need to rename your .figmaexportrc.js configuration file:

-  .figmaexportrc.js
+  .figmaexportrc.mjs

adjust the command you run:

figma-export use-config .figmaexportrc.mjs

and start using import foo from 'foo' instead of const foo = require('foo') to import the packages inside the .figmaexportrc.mjs. You can take a look at .figmaexportrc.example.js as an example.

I've just released the first v6.0.0-beta.0, which includes this major change.

To update your project, simply run:

npx npm-check-updates "@figma-export/*" -t @next -u
npm i
npx figma-export use-config -v

As always, your feedback is greatly appreciated!