Cloud SQL Node.js connector is GA

The Cloud SQL Node.js connector is the easiest way to securely connect your Node.js application to your Cloud SQL database. With today’s General Availability announcement, we now recommend using the Cloud SQL Node.js connector.

When to use the Cloud SQL Node.js connector

Cloud SQL has two types of connectors:

Language-specific connectors – Available for Java, Python, Go, and now Node.js
Cloud SQL Auth proxy – A good choice when a language-specific connector is not available

These connectors come with significant advantages over a traditional database connection. We laid out a few of the benefits of using a connector in our previous blog post, Understanding Cloud SQL connectors. With code-level control, the Cloud SQL Node.js connector is the most convenient way to securely connect your application to your database.