@types/node version 11.12.2 is a minor update to the TypeScript definitions for Node.js, building upon the previous stable version 11.12.1. Both versions offer essential type definitions for Node.js, enabling developers to leverage the power of TypeScript's static typing system within their Node.js projects. This brings numerous benefits, including improved code maintainability, early error detection, and enhanced code completion within IDEs. These packages provide a better developer experience when working with Node.js and TypeScript, by providing autocompletion, inline documentation snippets and compile-time checking.
The key difference between the versions lies in the unpackedSize of the packages. Version 11.12.2 has an unpacked size of 621286 bytes, while version 11.12.1 has an unpacked size of 621175 bytes. This suggests that there might be some minor changes within the type definitions of version 11.12.2, such as typo fixes, small adjustments to existing type definitions or the addition of a few new ones. Although both versions contain 49 files, developers updating from 11.12.1 to 11.12.2 should test if the changes are breaking changes. The newer version was released on March 30, 2019, while the previous was made available on March 29, 2019, so the update is very recent.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 11.12.2 of the package @types/node