Node Weekly
May 6, 2016  #136

Don't adjust your set - we're a day late to accommodate the anticipated Node releases as featured below :-)

Node.js Foundation
A security fix release of OpenSSL has triggered the updates. 5.11.1 and 4.4.4 are mainly security updates, but 6.1.0 also includes some bug fixes and new features like process.cpuUsage() and Socket#connecting.


Michael Herman
A complete walkthrough of taking a red/green/refactor TDD approach to creating a database-driven RESTful API with Node.


Nicolai Kamenzky
Lost track of the routes and middleware scattered across an Express app? This tool will help.


Heroku   Sponsor
Bots can help your team as part of your day-to-day work. Build real-time bots in Node.js with Slack's WebSocket-based API. Check out how easy it is to build and deploy them on Heroku.

Heroku

Laurie Voss
What is SOA, why is Node well suited for SOA-based apps, and how does npm Inc. use this approach? Their CTO explains all.


Andris Reinman
Send emails to your own list with this open source system built on top of Nodemailer. Use any SMTP service to send, as well as SES, SparkPost, SendGrid or Mailgun.


Michael Hablich
The Google-backed JavaScript engine behind both Node and Chrome has announced an important milestone: “V8 supports ES6 and ES7.” How, and what does this mean for the future?


Jobs

  • Product Engineer at Scalable Press: $105k-135k + options; no resume
    Your code will print millions of shirts yearly. Build for paying customers who appreciate you, not VCs. We grew 400% in 2015, we’re bootstrapped profitable, and use Node everywhere. Email us, no resume needed. Scalable Press
  • Full Stack Engineer at DataFox (San Francisco, CA)
    DataFox is looking for full stack engineers that are passionate about data and great UI/UX. If you are a risk-taking engineer who can take initiative and think creatively to solve complex data problems, get in touch. DataFox
  • Job Offers. No resume necessary.
    Create your Hired profile to get top companies to start applying to hire you. Get offers from $75-250k on the platform in 1 week. Hired.com

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