--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 122" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 122 published_at: "2016-01-28" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/122" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 122 This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/122) Node WeeklyJanuary 28, 2016 #122 npm [Disabling's npm install's Progress Bar Yields Speedups](https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/11283#issuecomment-175246823)People are discovering that npm’s progress bar is slowing down overall module installation times quite significantly. A fix is in the works. Rod Vagg [All Actively Maintained Node Releases Affected by OpenSSL Defects](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/openssl-and-low-severity-fixes-jan-2016/)The vulnerabilities are not yet disclosed. Node releases based on updated versions of OpenSSL will arrive around February 1. Zell Liew [Building A CRUD App with Express and MongoDB](http://www.zell-weekeat.com/crud-express-mongodb/)A very comprehensive walkthrough of building a simple webapp with Express. Rising StackSponsor [Node.js is Enterprise Ready. Find out why.](https://risingstack.com/nodejs-is-enterprise-ready)Read our 17-page long whitepaper on how Node.js can solve common challenges in engineering teams and how to enable Node.js in an enterprise environment to ship better products faster. [![Rising Stack\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/80c71b58.png)](https://risingstack.com/nodejs-is-enterprise-ready) Ramsay [WordExpress: Node-Based WordPress Development](http://wordexpress.io/)Provides a connection to a WordPress MySQL database using Sequelize and provides a standard set of queries to use with GraphQL. The aim is to provide a better development experience for WordPress using JavaScript instead of PHP. chimneypot [Chimneypot: A Lightweight Git Webhook Handler](https://github.com/chimneypot/chimneypot)Allows you to listen to all kinds of GitHub events and execute functions on your server. Richard Rodger [Seneca, A Microservices Framework for Node](http://www.richardrodger.com/seneca-microservices-nodejs)Seneca’s job is to make writing microservices with Node easier. This article goes into quite some depth. Jobs - [Node Skills are in demand](http://www.indeed.com/prime?sid=xp_cooperpress&kw=nodeweekly) Indeed Prime is an elite new program from Indeed.com that presents in-demand tech talent like you to top employers. Indeed Prime opens the door to exciting career opportunities with one simple application. Join today. Indeed In Brief - [npm camp: A Community Conference for All Things npm](http://npm.camp/) news In the Bay Area this July. - [Tutorial: Build a React Application With User Authentication](https://stormpath.com/blog/build-a-react-app-with-user-authentication/?utm_source=node-weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=react-app) tutorial Learn how to build a React application from scratch using the new Stormpath React SDK. StormpathSponsor - [Creating a Twitter Bot with Node.js](https://medium.com/@DebashisBarman/creating-a-twitter-bot-with-node-js-bea760b80bd5) tutorial code Debashis Barman - [Automatically Validate HTML with Node.js and Valimate](https://medium.com/@jamesseanwright/automatically-validate-html-with-node-js-and-valimate-196c71a349bf) tutorial James Wright - [Why Everyone Is Talking About Isomorphic JavaScript and Why It Matters](http://www.capitalone.io/blog/why-is-everyone-talking-about-isomorphic-javascript/) tutorial Azat Mardan - [[Whitepaper\] 9 Common Node.js Patterns](http://info.appneta.com/9_common_node.js_design_patterns.html?Ref__c=20542) tutorial Dive deep into commonly used node.js patterns and how to use them effectively [Download Now.](http://info.appneta.com/9_common_node.js_design_patterns.html?Ref__c=) AppNeta APMSponsor - [Emacs vs. WebStorm For Node Development](http://spin.atomicobject.com/2016/01/26/webstorm-nodejs-development/) opinion Al Scott - [npm-install-webpack-plugin: Automatically Install and Save Dependencies with Webpack](https://github.com/ericclemmons/npm-install-webpack-plugin) tools Use require or import how you normally would and npm install will happen automatically to install and save missing dependencies while you work. Eric Clemmons - [Introducing vtop — A Terminal Activity Monitor in Node.js](https://parall.ax/vtop) tools James Hall - [2 ways of testing: where you wait for tests to finish... and wallaby.js](http://wallabyjs.com/docs/intro/get-started-sublime.html) tools Instant feedback from your tests in JavaScript ES6/ES7/TypeScript/CoffeeScript. Now in Sublime Text as well. Wallaby.jsSponsor - [Node-Big-Rig: A Module and CLI Tool for Doing Trace Analysis](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/node-big-rig) tools code Command line based analysis of traces from WebPagetest or Chrome’s DevTools. Google - [scalable-blob-store: A Simple Local File System Blob Store](https://www.npmjs.com/package/scalable-blob-store) code Grant Carthew - [Janeway: A curses-Based Console for Node.js](https://github.com/skerit/janeway) code Inspired by the developer tools in Webkit/Blink. Jelle De Loecker - [socket.js: A Realtime Communication Framework using WebSockets](https://github.com/boyers/socket.js) code Stephan Boyer Node Weekly is curated by [Peter Cooper](https://twitter.com/peterc) and published by [Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/). Want to sponsor an issue? See our [media kit.](https://cooperpress.com/mediakit) Want to post a job? E-mail us or [use our self-serve system.](https://booking.cooperpress.com/jobs) [Unsubscribe](*|UNSUB|*) : [Change email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*) : [Read this issue on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/122) © Cooperpress Ltd. Office 30, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK [Email policy](https://cooperpress.com/spam.html) [Privacy policy](https://cooperpress.com/privacy.html)