--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 125" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 125 published_at: "2016-02-18" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/125" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 125 This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/125) Node WeeklyFebruary 18, 2016 #125 Wern Ancheta [How to Build an SMS Appointment Reminder App](http://www.sitepoint.com/build-sms-appointment-reminder-app-with-twilio/)Thorough tutorial on building an app that uses Google Calendar to get appointments and then sends text message reminders via Twilio. Hashnode [MERN: Easily Build Isomorphic Apps on React & Redux](http://mern.io/)A scaffolding tool which makes it easy to build isomorphic apps using Mongo, Express, React and Node. Alex Hultman [node-lws: Lightweight WebSockets for Node.js](https://github.com/alexhultman/node-lws)A libwebsockets wrapper for Node that exposes an easy to use interface, is very efficient, and can scale to millions of connections. CodeshipSponsor [Register for Codeship's webinar, How to use the Codeship Platform for Docker](http://resources.codeship.com/webinars/working-with-the-codeship-docker-platform?utm_source=nodeweeklyprimary)In this free webinar, Codeship co-founders Florian Motlik and Manuel Weiss will demonstrate how Codeship's new Docker platform for Continuous Integration and Delivery lets you use your existing Dockerfiles and images on any registry. [![Codeship\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/af205cf4.png)](http://resources.codeship.com/webinars/working-with-the-codeship-docker-platform?utm_source=nodeweeklyprimary) Tajawal [Swap: An Exchange Rates Library](https://github.com/tajawal/swap)Supports several providers out of the box (including the European Central Bank for Euro, Google Finance, and Yahoo Finance). SitePoint [A Jade Tutorial for Beginners](http://www.sitepoint.com/jade-tutorial-for-beginners/)Jade is a popular and elegant templating engine, often used for server-side templating in Node apps. This is a handy primer. Steve Papadopoulos [Veria CMS: A Node-Powered Blogging Platform](http://veriacms.com/)Boasts very simple setup: git clone, npm install, edit some settings, and it’s all ready to go. Not new but recently updated. 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Myles Borins - [NodeTogether: An Initiative To Improve The Diversity of the Node Community Through Learning](http://www.nodetogether.org/) news Ashley Williams - [(Online) JavaScript Summit 2016 - Feb 23-25, 2016](http://environmentsforhumans.com/2016/javascript-summit/) news A live, online JavaScript conference. Environments for Humans - [Opbeat's Node.js Performance Insight Platform Now Out of Private Beta](https://opbeat.com/nodejs/) news Opbeat - [Using Node's Event Loop for Timing Attacks](https://snyk.io/blog/node-js-timing-attack-ccc-ctf/) tutorial Danny Grander - [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. OutlearnSponsor - [Deploying Node.js with Spinnaker](http://blog.greta.io/deploying-nodejs-with-spinnaker/) tutorial Greta - [Using Express Sub-Apps To Keep Your Code Clean](http://derickbailey.com/2016/02/17/using-express-sub-apps-to-keep-your-code-clean/) tutorial Derick Bailey - [Building a CRUD Application with Express and MongoDB – Part 2](http://www.zell-weekeat.com/crud-express-and-mongodb-2/) tutorial Zell Liew - [Node.js Development for the Next Generation of IoT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx4W13TIvsc) video Paul Cooper and Melissa Evers-Hood - [npm-run-parallel: Run npm Tasks in Parallel and Exit When All Done](https://github.com/ianmcnally/npm-run-parallel) tools Ian McNally - [testen: Run Tests for Multiple Versions of Node in Local Env.](https://github.com/egoist/testen) tools EGOISTIAN - [Redis Performance Dashboard and Autoscaling from RedisGreen](https://dashboard.redisgreen.net/new?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2016a&utm_content=link&utm_term=findout+autoscaling+performance) tools Redis auto-scaling and analytics. Backed by support from engineers with years of Redis scaling expertise. RedisGreenSponsor - [ClaudiaJS: Deploy Node.js Microservices to AWS](https://github.com/claudiajs/claudia) tools ClaudiaJS - [himawari.js: Real-Time Images of Earth from the Himawari-8 Satellite](https://github.com/jakiestfu/himawari.js) code Jacob Kelley - [stripe-lambda: An AWS Lambda Function for Charging Cards with Stripe](https://github.com/TaylorBriggs/stripe-lambda) code Taylor Briggs - [Skyweb: A Library for Skype's Unofficial HTTP API](https://github.com/ShyykoSerhiy/skyweb) code Your mileage may/will vary. Shyyko Serhiy - [node-amqp: Module for Easy AMQP Comunication](https://github.com/720kb/node-amqp) code 720kb - [node-schedule: A Flexible Job Scheduler for Node](https://github.com/mattpat/node-schedule) code Schedule jobs (arbitrary functions) for execution at specific dates, with optional recurrence rules. 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