--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 137" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 137 published_at: "2016-05-12" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/137" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 137 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/137) Node WeeklyMay 12, 2016 #137 Jon Kuperman [Nodecasts: Quality Node.js Screencasts](https://nodecasts.io/)Inspired by sites like Laracasts and Railscasts, the videos so far seem to be free so fill your boots with videos on [Express](https://nodecasts.io/playlist/PLVHlCYNvnqYpQXeTEA0PxH1spth-K9ey7), [npm](https://nodecasts.io/playlist/PLVHlCYNvnqYrUeBZP0pUxSFT0KYr9Xw84), [ES6](https://nodecasts.io/playlist/PLVHlCYNvnqYouIVj3IgK3RmzpnWMaoqkw), and more. Gergely Nemeth [Node.js Project Structure Tutorial](https://blog.risingstack.com/node-hero-node-js-project-structure-tutorial/)For beginners. Learn how to properly structure a Node project to avoid confusion when it starts to grow. Frontend MastersSponsor [New Angular 2 Course with Lukas Ruebbelke and Scott Moss](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/angular-2/)Angular 2 is an incredibly powerful evolution of AngularJS. Discover why Angular 2 is half the framework with twice the power! [![Frontend Masters\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/9e003af4.png)](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/angular-2/) Reddit [Node Devs, What Does Your Web Stack Look Like?](https://www.reddit.com/r/node/comments/4ig12u/what_does_your_web_stack_look_like/)Someone asked on Reddit, provoking both answers and discussion. Guy Podjarny [Mitigating ImageMagick Vulnerabilities in Node](https://snyk.io/blog/safe-imagemagick-for-node/)Multiple severe and trivially exploited vulnerabilities in ImageMagick were disclosed last week. Luckily a package called [imagemagick-safe](https://www.npmjs.com/package/imagemagick-safe) can help protect your own ImageMagick-using Node apps. Alex Chaplinsky [Bozon: Bootstrap, Build & Package Electron Apps](https://github.com/railsware/bozon)Electron lets you build cross platform desktop apps with web technologies. This just makes the setup easier. Jim Pick [Use AWS Lambda to Host Blog Comments](https://jimpick.com/2016/05/05/introducing-lambda-comments/)An interesting approach that means you still keep full control over your comments section, but keeps it off of your main site. Gaurav Ramesh [Build Your Own Custom SlackBot with Node](http://www.sitepoint.com/custom-slackbot-with-node/)This tutorial helps you get up and running with a simple node app that turns your Slack channel into a custom command-line terminal. 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NodeConf - [Nodal 0.10 Released: New Core, Async Validations, and more](http://www.nodaljs.com/devlogs/nodal-0-10-landed--async-validations--file-uploads) news tools Keith Horwood - [Node.js on a Satellite Means Anyone Can Be A Space Programmer](https://reaktor.com/blog/node-js-satellite-means-anyone-can-space-programmer/) news Reaktor - [Need to Node Webinar: The impact of JavaScript in the enterprise](http://nsrc.io/impact-of-javascript-6) news Need to Node Webinar: The impact of JavaScript in the enterprise 5/17 10am PT with special guest Steven O'Grady from Redmonk. NodeSourceSponsor - [Better Node with ES6, Part 1](https://scotch.io/tutorials/better-node-with-es6-pt-i) tutorial Peleke Sengstacke - [Using Private Git Repos As NPM Modules](http://nadafancy.com/2016/05/10/Using-private-git-repos-as-NPM-modules.html) tutorial Luis Gutierrez - [How to Build and Publish ES6 Modules Today, with Babel and Rollup](https://medium.com/@tarkus/how-to-build-and-publish-es6-modules-today-with-babel-and-rollup-4426d9c7ca71) tutorial Konstantin Tarkus - [What Is Promise.try, and Why Does It Matter?](http://cryto.net/~joepie91/blog/2016/05/11/what-is-promise-try-and-why-does-it-matter/) tutorial An “explanation of what Promise.try is, and why you should always use it, without exceptions”. Sven Slootweg - [How to Integrate A Node and React App with Xero Accounting Software](https://nodevision.com.au/blog/post/how-to-integrate-nodejsreact-app-with-xero) tutorial (Xero is a popular cloud accounting service in Australia, NZ, and the UK.) 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