--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 132" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 132 published_at: "2016-04-07" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/132" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 132 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/132) Node WeeklyApril 7, 2016 #132 Zeit [Now: The Fastest Way to Deploy A Node Service](https://zeit.co/now)A new service that looks a little like a ‘Heroku for Node’ on the surface, but which takes some interesting approaches to the task of rapidly deploying Node apps. Azat Mardan [You Don't Know Node: A Quick Intro to Core Features](http://webapplog.com/you-dont-know-node/?#main)An extensive article inspired by Kyle Simpson’s _You Don’t Know JS_ books, that acts as a refresher on topics like the event loop, emitters, streams, buffers, clustering, and so on. Ember [Ember FastBoot: Runs Your Ember App on Node First](http://www.ember-fastboot.com/)When a user visits your Fastboot-powered Ember site, the initial HTML is rendered and served from Node. Client-side then takes over. npm EnterpriseSponsor [There’s More to Package Management Than Binary Blobs](https://www.npmjs.com/enterprise?utm_campaign=20160407cooperhed)Simplify dependencies, encourage code discovery, and integrate with your CI. Bring real package management inside the firewall with [npm Enterprise](https://www.npmjs.com/enterprise?utm_campaign=20160407cooperhed) and unblock your team to build amazing things. [![npm Enterprise\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/2e385466.png)](https://www.npmjs.com/enterprise?utm_campaign=20160407cooperhed) Groupon [ndu: Visualize Your Node App's Disk Space Usage](https://github.com/groupon/ndu)A tool for analyzing the size of dependencies. Similar to [disc](https://www.npmjs.com/package/disc), but for server-side instead of client-side dependencies. Node.js Foundation [Node v5.10.0 and v5.10.1 (Stable) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v5.10.0)The main upgrade has been to npm, in which [a security flaw in authentication tokens](http://blog.npmjs.org/post/142036323955/fixing-a-bearer-token-vulnerability) has been fixed. [5.10.1](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v5.10.1/) quickly followed. Dylan Greene [npm-check: Check for Outdated, Unused Dependencies](https://github.com/dylang/npm-check)A tool that tells you what’s out of date and even which dependencies are not actually being used. Simon Boudrias [Inquirer.js 1.0: Common Interactive CLI Components](https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js)Provides list prompts, expansions, checkboxes, confirm prompts, multiple input types, and more. 1.0 is out and is promises-based. The npm Blog [The npm Registry Is Now Fully HTTPS](http://blog.npmjs.org/post/142077474335/npm-registry-is-now-fully-https)As of this week, all requests made to the npm registry are made over a secure connection. Jobs - [Node.js Developer at X-Team (Remote)](http://x-team.com/nodejs-developer?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=node-weekly-april) We're looking for developers with extensive knowledge of Node.js. The perfect candidate would be highly skilled in different frameworks and libraries. We are 100% remote and we provide the funding needed to help you achieve your goals and grow as a remote developer. X-Team - [Lead Node.js Engineer](https://ripple.com/company/careers/all-jobs/?&utm_source=Node.js%20Weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Node.js%20Weekly#127063) Ripple is seeking a Lead Node.js Engineer to join our team of developers in creating world-class enterprise products powered by Ripple’s Interledger Protocol. We are looking for passionate individuals to make Interledger payments a reality. Ripple - [The Easiest Way to Find a Job](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=petercooperpress&utm_term=cat-tech-node&utm_content=easiest&utm_campaign=q2-16-nodeweekly&utm_location=us) Hired lets you sit back while job offers come to you. When you complete your profile, instantly apply to 3,500+ companies on the platform who will contact you with job offers, including salary and equity up-front. Try it today. Hired.com In Brief - [Need to Node Webinar: Blacklisting Node.js Core Modules](http://content.nodesource.com/blacklisting-node-js-modules?utm_source=blacklistingmods&utm_medium=NodeWeekly&utm_campaign=NeedtoNode) news Need to Node Webinar: Blacklisting Node.js Core Modules 4/28 10am PT with Thorsten Lorenz. Learn how you can protect yourself from known vulnerabilities by blacklisting dangerous modules. NodeSourceSponsor - [Node v0.10.44 (Maintenance) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v0.10.44/) news A security release fixing [an npm security issue.](http://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016/) Node.js Foundation - [Node v4.4.2 (LTS) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.4.2/) news Fixes the same npm issue as above. Node.js Foundation - [Nodal 0.9 Released: Now with Built-In Cloud Deployment for your APIs](http://www.nodaljs.com/devlogs/nodal-0-9--deploy-nodal-projects-to-the-cloud-with-polybit) news Nodal - [Practice Makes Regexp: A Live Q+A on Regular Expressions](https://www.crowdcast.io/e/regexpqa2/register) news Got regex questions? It’s next Monday at 3pm Eastern. Reuven M Lerner - [Understanding Async Programming in Node.js](https://blog.risingstack.com/node-hero-async-programming-in-node-js/) tutorial The next in a series of beginner-focused posts. Gergely Nemeth - [Declarative Dependencies for Unit Testing Node.js Services](https://blog.boldlisting.com/declarative-dependencies-for-unit-testing-node-js-services-45542ceb5703) tutorial Emil Ong - [How to Dockerize Your Node Application](http://lucamezzalira.com/2016/04/03/how-to-dockerize-your-node-application/) tutorial Luca Mezzalira - [Upload Files to a Node App from Angular 2](https://blog.nraboy.com/2016/02/upload-files-to-node-js-using-angular-2/) tutorial Nic Raboy - [Experience the Fun and Power of Slack Bots](https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2016/3/9/how-to-deploy-your-slack-bots-to-heroku?c=70130000000NhmjAAC&utm_campaign=Display%20-%20Endemic%20-Cooper%20-Node%20-%20Blog%20-%20Slack-Bots&utm_medium=display&utm_source=cooperpress&utm_content=blog&utm_term=node) tutorial Build real-time bots in Node.js with Slack's WebSocket-based API. [Read More.](https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2016/3/9/how-to-deploy-your-slack-bots-to-heroku?c=70130000000NhmjAAC=Display%20-%20Endemic%20-Cooper%20-Node%20-%20Blog%20-%20Slack-Bots=display=cooperpress=blog=node) HerokuSponsor - [Creating Desktop Apps with Electron](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojX5yz35v4M) video A year old, but I just found it and it’s pretty good. YouTube - [middl: A Generic Middleware Library](https://github.com/joakimbeng/middl) code Inspired by Express and ‘suitable for anything’. Joakim Carlstein - [cli-spinners: 50+ Progress Spinners for Use in the Terminal](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-spinners) code Sindre Sorhus - [assert-request: Assert Responses to HTTP Requests](https://www.npmjs.com/package/assert-request) code Assert properties of responses, such as body, headers, and status code. PlasmaPower - [unordered-array-remove: Remove An Element From An Array Without A Splice](https://github.com/mafintosh/unordered-array-remove) code Mathias Buus 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/132) © Cooperpress Ltd. Office 30, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK [Email policy](https://cooperpress.com/spam.html) [Privacy policy](https://cooperpress.com/privacy.html)