--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 111" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 111 published_at: "2015-11-05" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/111" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 111 This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/111) Node WeeklyNovember 5, 2015 #111 Node Foundation [Node v5.0.0 (Stable) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v5.0.0/)5.x is not an LTS release and will only be supported for 8 months, whereas 4.x and a forthcoming 6.x will be supported for 30 months after release. So stay on 4.2 if stability is key, but upgrade to 5 if you want the latest features (like the [spread operator](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Spread_operator) or npm 3.x, in this case). Node Foundation [What You Should Know about Node.js v5 and More](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/community/node-v5/)More information on what Node v5 represents versus the v4 LTS release, as alluded to above. Frontend MastersSponsor [4-Day Workshop: Algorithms and Data Structures in JavaScript](https://frontendmasters.com/workshops/algorithms-data-structures-js/)This is a practical class for students who are very comfortable with the JavaScript language but want to level up on their Data Structures and Algorithms knowledge. _[Join us Nov 17-20th](https://frontendmasters.com/workshops/algorithms-data-structures-js/) online or in-person._ [![Frontend Masters\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/579770c6.jpg)](https://frontendmasters.com/workshops/algorithms-data-structures-js/) Sindre Sorhus [AVA: A 'Futuristic' Concurrent Test Runner](https://github.com/sindresorhus/ava)Runs tests concurrently to take advantage of Node’s async nature. Supports ES6, promises, generators, and more. SitePoint [Build a Realtime Photo Update App with Instagram's API](http://www.sitepoint.com/real-time-photo-update-app-instagram-api/)An Express-based app that lets you subscribe to a certain hashtag and then shows the latest Instagram photo with that tag. Node Foundation [Node v4.2.2 Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.2.2/)A LTS maintenance release that fixes a variety of issues. Jia Hao [Revenant: High-Level PhantomJS Headless Browser](https://github.com/jiahaog/Revenant)Aims to abstract many of the simple functions one would use while testing or scraping a page. Jobs - [Stop Applying For Jobs. Have Jobs Apply For You!](https://hired.com/?utm_source=NodeWeekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q4_15-petercooperpress&utm_term=job&utm_content=110615-stop) For highly sought-after candidates, sifting through available job opportunities can be overwhelming. Forget applying and let interested companies reach out to you directly through Hired. Hired.com In Brief - ["42% of Node users use Windows as their desktop env."](https://twitter.com/codepo8/status/661608302435020800) news Christian Heilmann on Twitter - [Node 4.x Gets An A+ on SSL Labs with No Configuration](https://certsimple.com/blog/node-js-ssl-labs) news CertSimple - [Converting a Gulp Project from ES5 to ES6 with Babel 6.0.0](http://anthonysierra.com/11012015) tutorial Anthony Sierra - [Create a Tabbed Browser Using Node-Webkit and Angular.js](http://www.sitepoint.com/tabbed-browser-node-webkit-angularjs/) tutorial SitePoint - [Understanding Node.js Memory Leaks](https://blog.appdynamics.com/nodejs/understanding-node-js-memory-leaks/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=sponsorship&utm_campaign=nodeweekly%20newsletter&utm_content=understanding%20node.js%20memory%20leaks&utm_term=) tutorial Understand what memory leaks are, why they occur, and how to detect and solve memory leaks in Node.js. AppDynamicsSponsor - [Automated Node.js Testing with Jasmine](https://www.distelli.com/docs/tutorials/test-your-nodejs-with-jasmine) tutorial Distelli - [Catching Fatal Errors with child_process](http://davidwalsh.name/catching-fatal-errors-nodejs-childprocess) tutorial David Walsh - [How To: Build an App With AngularJS, Node.js and Stormpath in 15 Minutes](https://stormpath.com/blog/angular-node-15-minutes/?utm_source=node-weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=angular-node-15-minutes) tutorial Learn how to build a single page app on top of your API service complete with authentication and user management. StormpathSponsor - [Build and Publish Your Own Grunt Plugin](http://www.sitepoint.com/build-and-publish-your-own-grunt-plugin/) tutorial Stephan Max - [Poll: 'So, for you, is it ES6 or JavaScript/ES 2015?'](https://twitter.com/JavaScriptDaily/status/662020174837583872) opinion Twitter - [Babel 6.0 Preset to Make Node 5.0 Fully ES2015 Compatible](https://github.com/alekseykulikov/babel-preset-es2015-node5) tools Covers a few features that remain to be implemented natively in V8. Aleksey Kulikov - [npm-stats: Show Stats on Your npm Usage](https://github.com/jaxgeller/npm-stats) tools Install, set and forget, then get stats on install times and usage later. Jackson Geller - [meminsight: Platform-Independent Memory Profiling Tool for Node Apps](https://github.com/Samsung/meminsight) tools Samsung - [got 5.0 Released: Simplified HTTP/HTTPS Requests Library](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/releases/tag/v5.0.0) code Sindre Sorhus - [node-producthunt: Node Wrapper for the Product Hunt API](https://github.com/sungwoncho/node-producthunt) code Sung Won Cho - [rest-orm: Abstracts the Process of Consuming A REST Endpoint](https://github.com/ngonzalvez/rest-orm) code Nicolás Gonzálvez - [PGJSON: Use Postgres As A Zero-Config NoSQL Database from Node](https://github.com/fiatjaf/pgjson) code Giovanni Node Weekly is curated by [Peter Cooper](https://twitter.com/peterc) and published by [Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/). Want to sponsor an issue? See our [media kit.](https://cooperpress.com/mediakit) Want to post a job? 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