--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 112" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 112 published_at: "2015-11-12" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/112" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 112 This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/112) Node WeeklyNovember 12, 2015 #112 Daniel Khan [Understanding Garbage Collection and Hunting Memory Leaks in Node](http://apmblog.dynatrace.com/2015/11/04/understanding-garbage-collection-and-hunting-memory-leaks-in-node-js/)A look at how Node manages memory and how to trace down memory-related problems. Heroku [10 Habits of a Happy Node Hacker, 2016 Edition](http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2015/11/10/node-habits-2016)Ten quick best practices for app developers (rather than module authors) covering npm use, clustering, and environment variable management. OpbeatSponsor [Opbeat announce Node.js beta](https://opbeat.com/nodejs/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=ad&utm_content=&utm_campaign=nodebeta)Opbeat, the simple performance monitoring tool for developers, is now available for Node.js. Opbeat is integrated with your codebase makes monitoring and debugging your production apps faster, and your code better. [Sign up to the private beta here.](https://opbeat.com/nodejs/?utm_source=nodeweekly=ad==nodebeta) [![Opbeat\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/5948b527.png)](https://opbeat.com/nodejs/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=ad&utm_content=&utm_campaign=nodebeta) Dursun Koç [Multicore Programming in Node.js](https://dzone.com/articles/multicore-programming-in-nodejs)A quick example of using the Cluster API so that Node can take full advantage of multicore CPUs. Microsoft [Microsoft's Node.js Guidelines](https://github.com/Microsoft/nodejs-guidelines)Some initial notes from Microsoft to bring developers up to speed with their way of working with Node, as well as the start of a “conversation on how (Microsoft) can improve the Node.js experience on (its) platforms.” Dev Tips [Remote Debugging Node.js with DevTools](https://umaar.com/dev-tips/75-node-js-debug/)Did you know tools like [Node Inspector](https://github.com/node-inspector/node-inspector) or [Iron Node](https://github.com/s-a/iron-node) can be used to debug your Node.js code? Node.js Foundation [Node.js Foundation Individual Membership Now Open](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/community/individual-membership/)20 corporate members provide the funding to keep the new Node.js Foundation running, but now you can join as an individual which would make you eligible to run for the board of directors. 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