--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 141" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 141 published_at: "2016-06-09" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/141" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 141 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/141) Node WeeklyJune 9, 2016 #141 Rod Vagg [ES Modules and Node.js: Hard Choices](https://medium.com/@nodesource/es-modules-and-node-js-hard-choices-2b6995e4d491)While Node 6 supports 93% of the ES2015 feature set, it doesn’t support ES Modules, so some hard choices are needed. Igor Soarez [Node.js Anti-Patterns and Bad Practices](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGFQ02qtJ7w&list=PLfMzBWSH11xZWvE3iuTw6tdzp90gnODdp&index=5)In a 20 minute talk at Node.js Live in Paris, Igor Soarez looked at how an influx of developers from various cultures has lead to anti-patterns emerging in Node code. Azat Mardan [JSON is Not Cool Anymore: Implementing Protocol Buffers in Node](http://webapplog.com/json-is-not-cool-anymore/)Protocol Buffers (protobuf) provide an interesting alternative to JSON. They’re denser and provide data schemas for enforcement of structure. RedisGreenSponsor [See inside your Redis database. New memory mapping from RedisGreen](http://www.redisgreen.net/memory-analysis/index.html?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2016b&utm_content=primary&utm_term=inside+memory+map)RedisGreen's new memory map models your database, helping you track down problems and gain new insights. 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Aren Li [The Architecture of Node's Internal Codebase](https://medium.com/yet-another-node-js-blog/architecture-of-node-js-internal-codebase-57cd8376b71f)Breaking down Node.js’ components, elaborating on key terms and an explainer on how the different pieces interact with each other. Telerik Developer Network [Building Bots in Node with BotKit](http://developer.telerik.com/featured/bots/)Jen Looper explains the rapid rise of voice and chat bots and shows how you can easily create a custom Slack bot using BotKit. Paul-Gabriel Buda [Build a RESTful API Using LoopBack](https://www.algotech.solutions/blog/nodejs/build-a-restful-api-using-loopback/)[LoopBack](https://loopback.io/) is an open-source Node API framework backed by IBM. 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