Session Proposal: Next Steps for Single Executable Applications

[lukekarrys]

Proposal

A session to discuss next steps in the development of single executable applications.

Topic of the session

Information gathering on potential next steps that I found in open issues:

• ESM support Node SEA ESM support nodejs/node#53565
• Programmatic/streamlined API Programmatic SEA blob generation API nodejs/node#52777
• NODE_OPTIONS support Freeze NODE_OPTIONS for SingeExecutableApplications nodejs/node#55573

And also open to any other features or bugs that people would like to discuss.

Type of the session

• Collaborate
• Workshop
• Talk

Estimated duration of the session

30 minutes

Date and Time of the session

Scheduled on April 2, check https://nodejs.org/calendar for exact times

Level

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

Pre-requisite knowledge

It would be helpful to know about the current implementation of SEAs, and to have any ideas about what you would like them to do.

Some general links that will help with familiarity on SEA:

• Current docs: https://nodejs.org/api/single-executable-applications.html
• Discussions on the SEA repo: https://github.com/nodejs/single-executable/discussions
• Issues on the SEA repo: https://github.com/nodejs/single-executable/issues
• Open issues/PRs on the Node repo tagged single-executable: https://github.com/nodejs/node/labels/single-executable

Describe the session

I would like to discuss what people think are good next steps to take in the development of single executable applications. Things such as:

• Open issues to prioritize
• Features/bugs that make adoption more difficult

Session facilitator(s), Github handle(s) and timezone(s)

@lukekarrys - in-person

Meeting notes and Virtual Meeting Link

Follow-up / Set-up sessions (if any)

Additional context (optional)

I have not been involved in the SEA WG or development, so I'm open to anyone else helping facilitate this session. I'm very interested in using SEAs and want to help their development.

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[mcollina]

@RaisinTen would you be able to join?

[RaisinTen]

@mcollina yes, I can join virtually

[joyeecheung]

@RaisinTen I assume that you are joining from GMT +5:30?

The draft agenda is in https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_FNNbKYcc032NIUqeJ3SZP3PM71aYMuv9D5JbwaS9Iw/edit?usp=sharing (it's not final, this session is currently planned to be 10:30 CET on day 2, it might start earlier if we want to give it more time, the summit starts at 10:30 since we don't have that many sessions altogether and we might as well just give people more time to sleep). If you have any comments, it would be easier to coordinate in the #collab-summit-paris-2025 slack channel

[RaisinTen]

Yes @joyeecheung, I'll be joining from GMT +5:30. I have joined the channel.

[BYK]

Any chance I can be part of the discussion?

[lukekarrys]

@BYK This session is scheduled for April 2 (tomorrow) as 10:30am CET. You can join via this Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93791639410. Feel free to ping me in the #collab-summit-paris-2025 slack channel if you have any issues.