--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 114" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 114 published_at: "2015-11-26" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/114" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 114 This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/114) Node WeeklyNovember 26, 2015 #114 Smashing Magazine [Sailing With Sails.js: An MVC-Style Framework for Node](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/11/sailing-sails-js-mvc-style-framework-node-js/)Sails is a comprehensive MVC-style framework for Node.js specifically designed for rapid development of server-side applications. Travis Smith [Profiling Node.js Apps](https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2015/10/profiling-node-apps/)Atlassian writes many of its product add-ons in Node and occasionally runs into performance issues, so profiling their Node code becomes essential. Travis Smith looks at how they do it. Rod Vagg [Node v0.12.8 (LTS) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v0.12.8/)“This release of v0.12.8 represents the first release of the v0.12 line since it has moved from Stable to LTS (Long-Term Support) status.” CorgibytesSponsor [Hate Fixing Bugs? Lucky You. We Love It.](http://corgibytes.com)Tackling technical debt and integrating disparate systems is fun, too. (Yes, really.) [![Corgibytes\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/b6e5138a.png)](http://corgibytes.com) Rod Vagg [DoS Vulnerability in Node 0.12.x through 5.x](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/cve-2015-8027_cve-2015-6764/)The severity of this issue (CVE-2015-8027) is ‘high’ and releases to fix the issues are due on December 2nd. There’s also a less severe out-of-bounds access vulnerability. Telerik Developer Network [Creating Node.js Command Line Utilities to Improve Your Workflow](http://developer.telerik.com/featured/creating-node-js-command-line-utilities-improve-workflow/)Brian Rinaldi demonstrates how to use the Vorpal module in Node to create custom and complex command line applications. James Simpson [Massive Memory Gains in Node.js 4.2?](http://goldfirestudios.com/blog/140/Massive-Memory-Gains-in-Node.js-4.2)A team of developers has found memory usage has dropped by over 50% in production when moving from 0.12 to 4.2. Codeception [CodeceptJS: A Modern Acceptance Testing Framework for Node](https://github.com/codeception/codeceptjs)A new testing framework for end-to-end testing with WebDriver. It abstracts browser interaction to simple steps written from a user perspective. Telerik Developer Network [Spying on James Bond with Node.js](http://developer.telerik.com/featured/spying-on-james-bond-with-node-js/)Brian Rinaldi explores the nefarious possibilities for using Knwl.js, a JavaScript library for parsing text for dates, times, places, phone numbers and more. Jobs - [Developer Evangelist with StrongLoop/IBM (Remote)](https://ibm.biz/strongloop-developer-evangelist) StrongLoop and IBM are helping to grow and support the Node.js community, and we're looking for passionate individuals to help us in that mission. If you love writing and speaking about Node we'd love to talk to you! IBM - [Full-Stack Engineer at VTS (New York, NY)](http://grnh.se/rufpy6) VTS is creating the next generation of Commercial Real Estate tools for brokers and landlords. We're experiencing record breaking month over month growth and are looking for talented engineers to swim in the deep end with us vts - [Something To Be Thankful For](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=nodeweekly&utm_campaign=q4_15-petercooperpress&utm_term=job&utm_content=112615-thankful) Hired makes finding a job you love easier and more transparent than ever before. See what the hype is about and join Hired today. Hired.com In Brief - [Clearing The Air: Is WordPress Being Rewritten in Node.js and React?](http://wesbos.com/wordpress-calypso-react/) news Wes Bos - [Keynotes for Node.js Interactive 2015 Announced](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/announcements/interactive-2015-keynotes/) news Includes Danese Cooper, Joe McCann and Ashley Williams. Node Foundation - [Write 'Synchronous' Node.js Code with ES6 Generators](http://eladnava.com/write-synchronous-node-js-code-with-es6-generators/) tutorial Elad Nava - [Web Authentication Methods Explained](https://blog.risingstack.com/web-authentication-methods-explained/) tutorial A generally useful topic, presented with a Node-leaning angle. Gergely Nemeth - [Bringing Together the Raspberry Pi, Node, and LEDs](http://www.makerblog.info/2015/11/raspberry-arch-linux-nodejs-and-the-led/) tutorial Maker Blog - [Understanding module.exports and exports in Node.js](http://www.sitepoint.com/understanding-module-exports-exports-node-js/) tutorial SitePoint - [Using GraphQL with MongoDB: graffiti-mongoose](https://blog.risingstack.com/graffiti-mongoose-mongodb-for-graphql/) tutorial Andras Toth - [How to Write A P2P Chat App in Node.js](https://opbeat.com/blog/posts/how-to-write-a-p2p-chat-application-by-mathias-buus/) video Mathias Buus - [Securing Your Node.js App](http://stackabuse.com/securing-your-node-js-app/) opinion Scott Robinson - [Why We Stopped Vendoring Our npm Dependencies](http://blog.bithound.io/why-we-stopped-vendoring-our-npm-dependencies/) opinion Carlos Perez - [N|Solid. Enterprise Node. Finally.](http://nsrc.io/1Ngx01O) tools From @NodeSource — the Enterprise Node.js Company — N|Solid. Node-specific monitoring, performance analysis and enhanced security. Enterprise Node. Finally. NodeSourceSponsor - [generator-rise: Scaffold A Module with ES6+, Babel & npm Scripts](https://github.com/bucaran/generator-rise) tools code Jorge Bucaran - [AppleJavaScript: Run JS-Styled AppleScript Straight from Node](https://github.com/welldan97/apple-java-script) code AppleJavaScript lets you interact with OS X through AppleScript-flavored JavaScript that’s then converted to AppleScript behind the scenes on the fly. Dmitry Yakimov - [Clor: A '30-some' Line Lightweight Alternative to colors.js or Chalk](https://github.com/bucaran/clor#README) code For coloring text on the terminal. 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