--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 116" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 116 published_at: "2015-12-10" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/116" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 116 This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/116) Node WeeklyDecember 10, 2015 #116 Node Foundation [Node v5.2.0 (Stable) Released](http://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v5.2.0/)[Node 5.1.1](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v5.1.1/) fixed the security issues mentioned last week, but now 5.2.0 is already here. A key addition is support for [Intel VTune JIT profiling](https://software.intel.com/en-us/node/544211). Gergely Nemeth [Hunting a Ghost - Finding a Memory Leak in Node.js](https://blog.risingstack.com/finding-a-memory-leak-in-node-js/)There’s always something to learn from stories about chasing and fixing memory leaks in apps - this story is no exception. Netflix [Debugging Node.js in Production](http://techblog.netflix.com/2015/12/debugging-nodejs-in-production.html)A 40 minute talk by Yunong Xiao covering techniques for debugging runtime performance issues, crashes, errors, and memory leaks. ThinkfulSponsor [Master React with our custom courses and live workshops](https://www.thinkful.com/courses/learn-react-online-workshops/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_campaign=nodeweekly_dec10&utm_term=primarylink)Our courses teach everything from JSX and es6 syntax to best practices for handling your app’s data. Participate in online sessions to get help and code review from an expert mentor. Attend as many workshops as you like — it's unlimited. 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So in reading this newsletter, you are a 1%er :-) Ivan Nikulin [parse5 2.0.0 Released: An HTML5 Parser for Node.js](https://github.com/inikulin/parse5)A full-featured HTML parser based on the WHATWG HTML5 specification. “It parses HTML the way [..] your browser does.” Tim Gross [Microservices in Seconds: Node.js + Docker + NoSQL](http://thenewstack.io/microservices-seconds-node-js-docker-nosql/)A look at bringing numerous pieces together in a multi-tier application that can serve as a blueprint for a microservices architecture. Jobs - [Full Stack JavaScript Engineer at MoneyHub](http://www.momentumfinancialtechnology.com/could-you-be-our-newest-software-engineer/) Join our team in Bristol, UK to build brilliant personal finance software using ES6, Node.JS and React. MomentumFT - [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 - [Freelance with Companies like Airbnb, IDEO, JPMorgan](http://www.toptal.com/developers?utm_source=node_weekly&utm_medium=cpm-newsletter&utm_campaign=node_weekly_job) Work with top clients, set your own rates, and work from anywhere as an elite Toptal Node.js developer. Join the most exclusive network of top software engineers in the world. Toptal In Brief - [Need to Node: React.js and Universal JavaScript Applications](http://content.nodesource.com/react-js-applications) news Need to Node: React.js and Universal JavaScript Applications. 12/16 at 3p PT with Tim Oxley. Explore best practices for Universal JavaScript. And discover why React.js is dominating front-end Node.js development. NodeSourceSponsor - [Apigee, RisingStack and Yahoo Join the Node.js Foundation](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/announcements/apigee-rising-stack-yahoo/) news Node Foundation - [IBM Focused on 3 Major Languages: Java, Node.js and Swift](http://www.eweek.com/developer/ibm-focused-on-3-major-languages-java-node.js-and-swift.html) news eWeek - [Postgres and JSON with Node - Hands on with MassiveJS](http://www.craigkerstiens.com/2015/12/08/massive-json/) tutorial Craig Kerstiens - [An Introduction to IoT with Arduino, Node and a Plant](http://ditrospecta.com/node/javascript/arduino/2015/11/29/introduction-arduino-node-plant.html) tutorial Leonardo Couto - [Convert Image to ASCII Art with Node.js](https://davidwalsh.name/convert-image-ascii-art) tutorial David Walsh - [How to Deploy a Node App to Elastic Beanstalk with Semaphore](https://semaphoreci.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-node-js-application-to-elastic-beanstalk-with-semaphore) tutorial Nikola Djuza - [Building Secure APIs with Express.js and Stormpath](https://stormpath.com/blog/building-secure-apis-with-express/) tutorial Randall Degges - [How Node.js Powers the Many User Interfaces of Netflix](http://thenewstack.io/netflix-uses-node-js-power-user-interface/) opinion The New Stack - [The Obligatory 'Flame War' Phoenix vs Node.js](http://www.akitaonrails.com/2015/12/03/the-obligatory-flame-war-phoenix-vs-node-js) opinion The author states his bias against Node but shows off some interesting perf comparisons of Express and the Erlang-based Phoenix. Fabio Akita - [A Reunited Node.js Guns for the Enterprise](http://thenewstack.io/node-js-long-term-support-ready-enterprise/) opinion The New Stack - [Integrate bitcodin Video Cloud-Encoding Service with NodeJS API Client](http://developer.bitcodin.com/doc/api-clients/node?utm_source=cooperpress.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=&utm_content=_HTML5-weekly-newsletter&utm_campaign=external_Newsletter) tools Onboard easy with a NodeJS API and encode your content with the same technology as Netflix and YouTube in a way that it plays everywhere with low startup delay and no buffering. bitcodin API Encoding ServiceSponsor - [debug-http: Debug HTTP/HTTPS Requests in Node.js](https://github.com/floatdrop/debug-http) code Vsevolod Strukchinsky - [Publish Please: Publish npm Modules Safely and Gracefully](https://github.com/inikulin/publish-please) code CLI tool and Gulp plugin that can add test or build steps before publishing, perform checks, do security audits, etc. Ivan Nikulin Node Weekly is curated by [Peter Cooper](https://twitter.com/peterc) and published by [Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/). 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