--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 115" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 115 published_at: "2015-12-03" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/115" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 115 This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/115) Node WeeklyDecember 3, 2015 #115 Rod Vagg [Node Security Updates Delayed To Tomorrow (4th)](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2015-security-release-update/)Last week we mentioned a [DoS vulnerability](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/cve-2015-8027_cve-2015-6764/) affecting Node 0.12, 4.x and 5.x, but due to pending OpenSSL updates, fixed versions are now coming tomorrow (Friday, December 4th). Craig Kerstiens [Postgres and MassiveJS: A Better Node DB Experience](http://www.craigkerstiens.com/2015/11/30/massive-node-postgres-an-overview-and-intro/)Postgres isn’t the default database choice for many Node developers, but if you’re looking for a reason to try Node and Postgres together, MassiveJS provides a compelling route. MailgunSponsor [Plug Email Into Your App with Mailgun](https://documentation.mailgun.com/quickstart-sending.html?utm_source=nodeweeklyDec3&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=sendemaildocs#how-to-start-sending-email)Send email in your language of choice using Mailgun's RESTful API. The first 10,000 emails are free. Read our documentation and start testing now. 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Michel Weststrate [How to Create Strongly-Typed npm Packages](https://medium.com/@mweststrate/how-to-create-strongly-typed-npm-modules-1e1bda23a7f4)TypeScript now follows the npm rules for module resolution so it’s easier than ever to distribute strongly-typed npm packages to others. 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 - [Front-end Engineer at Remix (YC W15), San Francisco, CA](http://getremix.com/jobs) Build the web mapping software used to plan transit systems in 60+ cities including Oakland, Baltimore, San Antonio, Miami, Calgary, and Melbourne. Remix - [Want to spend less time job searching? 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Michael Vartan - [ng-best-practices - Learn to Build Angular Apps the Right Way](https://www.outlearn.com/learn/vkarpov15/ng-best-practices) tutorial Avoid common mistakes and take your Angular skills to the next level with this free tutorial. 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Nodari Lipartiya - [Plop: A Micro-Generator to Quickly Bootstrap New Files](http://www.nicoespeon.com/en/2015/11/plop-micro-generator-boilerplate-yeoman-alternative/) tools code Nicolas Carlo - [Frisbee: Your API's Wrapper for the 'fetch' Method](https://github.com/niftylettuce/frisbee) code Easily make HTTP requests to your API. niftylettuce - [Express Async Router: An Express Router Wrapper Which Automatically Manages Promises](https://github.com/spatools/express-async-router) code SPA Tools - [Robokitty: A DIY Cat (or Dog, or Human?) Feeder](https://github.com/rachelnicole/robokitty) code Rachel White - [Expert Node.js Instructors at Pluralsight (Freelance-Part-time)](http://go.pluralsight.com/C0003352) Actively seeking Node.js developers to join our tight knit family of passionate teachers and earn royalties. PluralsightSponsor Node Weekly is curated by [Peter Cooper](https://twitter.com/peterc) and published by [Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/). Want to sponsor an issue? 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