--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 119" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 119 published_at: "2016-01-07" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/119" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 119 This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/119) Node WeeklyJanuary 7, 2016 #119 Keith Horwood [Nodal: Web Servers Made Easy With Node.js](http://www.nodaljs.com/)Bills itself as an ‘opinionated, explicit, idiomatic and highly-extensible full-service framework’ built upon the ideas of ‘scalable microservice architecture’. If Rails/Django-style opinionated MVC appeals to you, this looks promising. Gergely Nemeth [How to Become a Better Node.js Developer in 2016](https://blog.risingstack.com/how-to-become-a-better-node-js-developer-in-2016/)Gergely Nemeth covers things like semantic versioning, databases, dependencies, build systems and error handling. Rod Vagg [Node.js by Numbers 2015](https://nodesource.com/blog/node-by-numbers-2015/)An attractive, info-packed PDF showing off trends in the Node.js world over the past year. Stream.ioSponsor [Do not reinvent the feed - Stream](http://getstream.io/?utm_source=nodeweekly-sponsored&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jan7)Build scalable newsfeeds activity streams in a few hours instead of weeks. [![Stream.io\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/bc28bfe8.png)](http://getstream.io/?utm_source=nodeweekly-sponsored&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jan7) Jeremiah Senkpiel [Node v5.4.0 (Stable) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v5.4.0/)Nothing major, the http package now supports the 451 ‘unavailable for legal reasons’ error code, and numerous minor performance improvements have been made. Francisco Presencia [IANAL: Check The Licenses for the npm Packages You Use](https://github.com/franciscop/ianal)Run ‘ianal’ from your project folder and it’ll show you the license types for all your dependencies. StrongLoop [Tips for Optimizing Slow Code in Node.js](https://strongloop.com/strongblog/tips-optimizing-slow-code-in-nodejs/)A look at optimizing CPU heavy operations in Node codebases and using a profiler in order to make those changes reliably. Benjamin E. Coe [Top npm Users By Downloads (Of Their Packages)](https://gist.github.com/bcoe/dcc961b869bbf6685002)Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the most popularly downloaded package author of all.. in December 2015? Jobs - [Senior Node Engineer at TES USA (San Francisco, CA or remote)](http://wikispaces.workable.com/jobs/40877) Help millions of teachers develop and deliver the best education. We're a small, global team embracing new technology and a lean process. 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PluralsightSponsor - [Quick and Easy Node.js Hacks to Master APIs](http://codecondo.com/quick-and-easy-node-js-hacks-to-master-apis/) tutorial Jake Lawrence - [An Introduction to Streams in Node](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD2dZw9iHCc) video A fun and well presented 15 minute video. YouTube - [Using Nodal to Create a Node.js Twitter Clone in 10 Minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxBXkFbUqtk) video YouTube - [The Future of Node is Microsoft’s Fork](https://blog.andyet.com/2015/12/31/the-future-of-node-is-microsofts-fork/) opinion AndYet - [PM2 1.0 Released: The Production Process Manager for Node](https://keymetrics.io/2016/01/04/here-we-are-pm2-1-0/) tools news Alexandre Strzelewicz - [ssg-js: Secure Shell GUI](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ssg-js) tools A terminal based UI for all the SSH server connections found in your SSH config file. 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