--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 136" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 136 published_at: "2016-05-06" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/136" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 136 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/136) Node WeeklyMay 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 [Node v6.1.0, v5.11.1 and v4.4.4 Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.1.0/)A [security fix release](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/openssl-may-2016/) of OpenSSL has triggered the updates. [5.11.1](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v5.11.1/) and [4.4.4](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.4.4/) are mainly security updates, but 6.1.0 also includes some bug fixes and new features like `process.cpuUsage()` and `Socket#connecting`. Michael Herman [Test Driven Development with Node, Postgres, and Knex](http://mherman.org/blog/2016/04/28/test-driven-development-with-node/)A complete walkthrough of taking a red/green/refactor TDD approach to creating a database-driven RESTful API with Node. Nicolai Kamenzky [See A Tree of Your Express App's Routes & Middleware](https://github.com/analog-nico/express-print-routes)Lost track of the routes and middleware scattered across an Express app? This tool will help. HerokuSponsor [Experience the Power and Fun of Slack Bots](https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2016/3/9/how-to-deploy-your-slack-bots-to-heroku?c=7013A000000mKSvQAM&utm_campaign=Display%20-%20Endemic%20-%20Cooper%20-%20Node%20-%20Blog%20-%20Slack-Bots%20-%20Drop%202&utm_medium=display&utm_source=cooperpress&utm_content=blog&utm_term=node)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](https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2016/3/9/how-to-deploy-your-slack-bots-to-heroku?c=7013A000000mKSvQAM=Display%20-%20Endemic%20-%20Cooper%20-%20Node%20-%20Blog%20-%20Slack-Bots%20-%20Drop%202=display=cooperpress=blog=node) how easy it is to build and deploy them on Heroku. [![Heroku\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/fc261d79.png)](https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2016/3/9/how-to-deploy-your-slack-bots-to-heroku?c=7013A000000mKSvQAM&utm_campaign=Display%20-%20Endemic%20-%20Cooper%20-%20Node%20-%20Blog%20-%20Slack-Bots%20-%20Drop%202&utm_medium=display&utm_source=cooperpress&utm_content=blog&utm_term=node) Laurie Voss [Node, npm, and Service Oriented Architecture [video\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yK3lx-PQV0&index=28&list=PLndbWGuLoHebKI8krCzJU88Rf3TwhNZvH)What is SOA, why is Node well suited for SOA-based apps, and how does npm Inc. use this approach? Their CTO explains all. 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Hired.com In Brief - [Node.js Live in Beijing, China (May 21)](http://live.nodejs.org/events/beijing.html) news Node.js Foundation - [Red Hat Ditches Effort to Port Node.js to Java](http://www.infoworld.com/article/3063153/javascript/red-hat-ditches-effort-to-port-nodejs-to-java.html) news Paul Krill - [Mostly Node: A New Every-Other-Week Node Podcast](http://mostlynode.com/) news Two people discussing Node, JavaScript, and related topics on an _every other week_ basis Mostly Node - [Debugging Node Apps using Core Dumps](https://reaktor.com/blog/debugging-node-js-applications-using-core-dumps/) tutorial Antti Risteli - [Faster Tests for Multi-Node Code with ES6 and Babel](https://remysharp.com/2016/05/02/faster-tests-for-multi-node-code-with-es6-and-babel) tutorial Remy Sharp - [How to Make HTTP Requests in Node with the Request Module](https://blog.risingstack.com/node-hero-node-js-request-module-tutorial/) tutorial The latest in RisingStack’s beginner-focused tutorials. David Kiss - [Node.js Enterprise Conversations: Charlie Robbins, GoDaddy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvMq4gqBleo) video Short conversations with leading enterprise tech execs about their use of Node. YouTube - [Controlling an Ableton Push 2 with Node.js](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JatNuVsbsEQ) video The Push is a colorful, grid-based musical controller. Gavin Joyce - [When was the last time you found a tool that triples your productivity?](http://wallabyjs.com/) tools Instant feedback from your tests and realtime code coverage right in your editor, no context switching. Wallaby.jsSponsor - [Studio.js: A Microservices Framework for Node](https://github.com/ericholiveira/studio) code Erich Oliveira - [node-posix: The Missing POSIX System Calls for Node](https://github.com/ohmu/node-posix) code Including chroot, getegid, getppid, rlimit getting and setting, and setsid. 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