--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 102" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 102 published_at: "2015-09-03" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/102" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 102 This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/102) Node WeeklySeptember 3, 2015 #102 Shivani Negi [How to Build A Slackbot and Deploy to Heroku for Absolute Beginners](http://blog.npmjs.org/post/128237577345/how-to-build-a-slackbot-deploy-an-app-to-heroku)A simple and straightforward tutorial on building a simple Slack bot (or, rather, taking a simple pre-built one you can tweak) and deploying it to Heroku so it can live on your company’s Slack channels. Croissant [40 NPM Modules We Can't Live Without](https://medium.com/startup-study-group/40-npm-modules-we-can-t-live-without-36e29e352e3a)There are so many Node modules that hearing which ones other people are enjoying (and why) is always useful, in my experience. Alex Hortin [node-dash-button: A Library to Use Amazon Dash Buttons](https://github.com/hortinstein/node-dash-button)A library that lets you use Amazon’s [Dash buttons](http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=10667898011&lo=digital-text) to trigger events in Node apps instead of ordering washing powder or diapers. Frontend MastersSponsor [Get Access To 170+ Hours Of Front-End Development Training For $5](https://frontendmasters.com/sale/)14-day $5 trial of front-end training with industry legends. Upgrade for 38% off our original price, or cancel in 10 seconds. Until September 10th at midnight ONLY. See page for details. 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