Node Weekly Issue 199: August 3, 2017

Node Weekly

August 3, 2017 #199

The npm Blog

A user created a ‘crossenv’ package (very similar to the popular cross-env package) which ran a script sending sensitive information over the Web.

Matteo Collina and David Mark Clements

Get Ready for JS Optimizations in New V8 Versions

How the performance characteristics of V8’s Turbofan will affect the way we optimize in Node 8.3 and beyond.

Node.js Foundation

Express Gateway: A Microservice API Gateway Built on Express

Express Gateway provides a simple and flexible way to orchestrate and manage microservices and APIs.

RedisGreen Sponsor

Redis 4.0 now on RedisGreen

Redis 4.0 is out and available on RedisGreen with full visualization of your memory usage and top-tier performance.

Alan B Smith

react-router-example: A React Router + Node.js Heroku App Example

A repo containing a simple starter app with some helpful workflow additions and all ready to deploy on Heroku as-is.

Nick Parsons

Introducing Mongoose to Your Node.js and Restify API

Guiding you through the steps needed to modify your API by introducing Mongoose. Part two in a series - part one here.

In Brief

#npm IRC Channel Being Closed + Other Ways To Get npm Help news
The npm Blog
NodeConfEU 2017 (November 5-8 in Ireland) news
The agenda for this year’s NodeConfEU is out now.
NodeConf
npm Inc. Working With ^Lift Security to Secure npm Registry news
The npm Blog
Node v6.11.2 (LTS) Released news
Only very minor tweaks and updates.
Node.js Foundation
Practical Scalability Analysis with the Universal Scalability Law
This eBook outlines why systems fail to scale well & what to do about it using Dr. Gunther’s Universal Scalability Law.
VividCortex Sponsor
Find Projects Infected by Malicious npm Packages tutorial
Dominik Kundel
Anatomy of a 'Serverless' Node Application tutorial
A step-by-step walkthrough of a serverless app built on the Serverless framework.
Rupak Ganguly
How To Publish a Vue.js Component on npm tutorial
Anthony Gore
Capturing Diagnostic Dumps for Node Apps in Bluemix Container Service tutorial
Richard Chamberlain
Set up a Netflix style streaming service with Node.js
Bitmovin Sponsor
API Authentication with Node video
A video series looking at how to do API authentication and authorization with Node.
CodeWorkr
Google, Intel, and Twitter Talk Node.js video
A look into how these major companies are using Node.
Node.js Foundation
Nightwatch.js: Browser-Automated Testing Done Easy tools
Write efficient and straightforward end-to-end tests in Node.js which run against a Selenium/WebDriver server.
Reduce time spent debugging by 90% tools
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ROLLBAR Sponsor
React Native Node: Run a Node Process Behind a React Native App code
André Staltz
Spacetime: A Lightweight Way to Handle Timezones in JS code
Timezone-friendly date and time manipulation. Node and browser.
Begin
Spikenail: A GraphQL API Framework for Node code
Igor Lesnenko
Mailit: A Tiny Drop-In REST API to Send Emails code
Node on Android: Make Node Apps for Android code
Mathias Buus