--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 138" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 138 published_at: "2016-05-19" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/138" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 138 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/138) Node WeeklyMay 19, 2016 #138 YouTube [12 Videos from Node Conf London 2016](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0CdgOSSGlBYnHAl_DZoy9BWvdVQjNKE2#nodeconflondon2016)Node Conf London was just last week but videos are already up. Enjoy talks on [ES6 on ChakraCore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHTSCXQ3-hU&list=PL0CdgOSSGlBYnHAl_DZoy9BWvdVQjNKE2&index=4), [the state of Node core](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn0Trjl7ZRE&list=PL0CdgOSSGlBYnHAl_DZoy9BWvdVQjNKE2&index=5), and more. Horizon [Horizon 1.0: A Realtime, Open-Source JS Backend](http://horizon.io/#1.0-release)Built by the RethinkDB team, Horizon brings together RethinkDB and a toolkit for rapidly prototyping and deploying apps into a framework. Node Foundation [Node v6.2.0 Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.2.0/)A variety of bug fixes and upgrades to npm, V8, and libuv. npm, Inc.Sponsor [Announcing the first annual npmCamp: a community conference for all things npm](http://npm.camp/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20160519)July 30, 2016: Join over 150 other front-end, back-end, and IoT developers in Oakland, CA to share how you use npm and learn how to build amazing things. One day, single track, and not actually camping — but we’ll find a way to make s’mores… [![npm, Inc.\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/a578983a.png)](http://npm.camp/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20160519) Sindre Sorhus [Anatine: A Twitter Desktop App Built with Electron](https://github.com/sindresorhus/anatine)A simple and good-looking Twitter client built with [Electron](http://electron.atom.io/), the toolkit for building cross platform desktop apps with Node, HTML and CSS. Rod Vagg [How the Node Project Works (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlqpXK1WZ_A&index=22&list=PLleHIBVx1SeSz1Ti0jpXl4Zt7ZtWOk49x)At JSConf Uruguay, Rod Vagg gave an illuminating talk about how the Node project works, particularly its open governance model. Myles Borins [Node.js Releases: How Do They Work? (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5un1I2qkojg&index=21&list=PLleHIBVx1SeSz1Ti0jpXl4Zt7ZtWOk49x)Stable, major, minor, LTS - what does it all mean? Vlad Alexandru Ionescu [Lever OS: A New 'Open-Source Serverless Platform'](https://blog.leveros.com/introducing-lever-os-d10a857f210e)Lever OS lets you build and deploy microservice-oriented backends with no devops involvement. It's written in Go but the services are themselves written in JavaScript. Jobs - [Senior Node Engineer at TES USA (San Francisco, CA or remote)](http://wikispaces.workable.com/jobs/40877) Make a difference in teachers’ lives with a platform that allows them to find, share and sell resources worldwide. Join TES USA’s small, global team to embrace challenges, be part of a lean process, and impact education. TES USA - [Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)](https://codiscope.com/company/careers/senior-software-engineer-full-stack/) As a Senior Software Engineer you'll help users understand the impact of our products, transform data into actionable insight, deliver blazing performance & drive new data storage solutions like NoSQL. Come play a prominent role in our company & help accelerate our success. Codiscope - [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.](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.com In Brief - [Performance breakdown for Node.js](https://opbeat.com/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=newsletter) tools See how your app spends its time, like database, cache, external http requests, and who wrote the slow code. OpbeatSponsor - [Meteor 1.4 to Use Node 4](https://forums.meteor.com/t/coming-soon-meteor-1-4/23260) news The goal is to make an eventual upgrade to Node 6 a lot easier. Meteor - [F5 Networks Fuses Node.js with Load Balancing for Workflow Orchestration](http://thenewstack.io/f5-networks-fuses-node-js-load-balancing-workflow-orchestration/) news Scott M. Fulton III - [A Guide to Automated npm Publishing and GitHub Pushing using Heroku](http://zeke.sikelianos.com/npm-and-github-automation-with-heroku/) tutorial Zeke Sikelianos - [Setting up Node.js on Windows 10](https://blog.risingstack.com/node-js-windows-10-tutorial/) tutorial Szabolcs Kurdi - [How to Build a Slackbot in Node.js](http://www.mattmillican.com/blog/post/build-a-slackbot-in-node-js) tutorial A simple walkthrough oriented around [Botkit.](https://www.npmjs.com/package/botkit) Matt Millican - [The Reactive Web Stack: 3RES - React, Redux, RethinkDB, Express, Socket.io](http://webapplog.com/reactive-web-stack/) opinion Scott Hasbrouck - [npmgitdev: An npm Wrapper Allowing Real Live Git Repos to Be Cloned Into node_modules](https://www.npmjs.com/package/npmgitdev) tools Kevin Ring - [Lerna: A Tool for Managing JavaScript Projects with Multiple Packages](https://lernajs.io/) tools Optimizes the workflow around managing multi-package repositories with git and npm. - [Who Put This JavaScript in My COBOL? node.cobol, That's Who](http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/who-put-this-javascript-in-my-cobol-node-cobol-thats-who/) tools node.cobol makes it possible to execute Node code from within a COBOL program. Sean Gallagher - [How's your Node app performing?](https://www.datadoghq.com/monitor-nodejs/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=CooperPress&utm_campaign=CooperPress-NodeWeekly&utm_content=node) tools Datadog enables you to visualize and alert on latency metrics, throughput, errors, and more. DatadogSponsor - [Docker and Node.js Boilerplate](http://blog.slashdeploy.com/2016/05/18/docker-node-boilerplate/) code Andy Hawkins - [pg-promise: An Advanced Access Layer to PostgreSQL via Promises](https://github.com/vitaly-t/pg-promise) code An advanced access layer to node-postgres via Promises/A+. Vitaly Tomilov - [fast-cli: Test Your Download Speed using Netflix's Fast.com](https://github.com/sindresorhus/fast-cli) code Sindre Sorhus - [Expressa: A Data-Driven API Framework/CMS for Node](https://github.com/thomas4019/expressa) code Makes it easy to create basic APIs without custom code. It’s a middleware so you can mix it with other apps, such as existing Express-based apps. Thomas Hansen - [is-fqdn: Check If A String Represents A Fully Qualified Domain Name](https://github.com/parro-it/is-fqdn) code Andrea Parodi - [Panther: A Full-Stack React/Redux App using Spotify API to Make Music Suggestions](https://github.com/joshwcomeau/panther) code Joshua Comeau 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/138) © Cooperpress Ltd. Office 30, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK [Email policy](https://cooperpress.com/spam.html) [Privacy policy](https://cooperpress.com/privacy.html)