--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Node 4.0 Released" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 103 published_at: "2015-09-10" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/103" --- This Week's Node.js News - Node 4.0 Released This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/103) Node WeeklySeptember 10, 2015 #103 Official Node.js Blog [Node v4.0.0 (Stable) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.0.0/)Version 4 is the first official Node + io.js combined release. It uses V8 v4.5, the same version of V8 currently shipping with Chrome, resolving one of the main issues io.js solved and bringing a variety of ES6 features to Node as standard. Damien Klinnert [7 Reasons to Upgrade to Node v4 Now](http://www.cli-nerd.com/2015/09/09/7-reasons-to-upgrade-to-node-v4-now.html)Focuses on ES6 related things like template strings, classes, arrow functions, let and const, and more. 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Official Node.js Blog [Node.js Foundation Elects Board of Directors](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/announcements/foundation-elects-board/)The Node.js Foundation board, which sets the business and technical direction on behalf of the foundation is chaired by Danese Cooper of PayPal. Mikeal Rogers is also on board as community manager. Julien Crouzet [An Idea: npm Should Use DNS for Optimization](https://medium.com/@c2c/npm-should-use-dns-for-optimization-a3e60bc0350)Could using DNS queries for checking versions or dependencies of packages speed things up? Jobs - [Apply to top SF & NYC startups in 60 seconds](https://underdog.io/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=9_10_2015_nodeweeklysponsor&utm_campaign=notimetowaste) Want to spend less time job searching? Sign up to Underdog.io and startup founders & hiring managers will email you directly. You decide where to interview and where to work. Your information is kept private from current & past employers. 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