--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 153" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 153 published_at: "2016-09-01" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/153" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 153 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/153) Node WeeklySeptember 1, 2016 #153 NodeSource [Node.js v6.5 (Current) Released](https://nodesource.com/blog/node-js-v6-5-0-release-brief/)A backwards-compatible upgrade to V8 5.1, and ~99% ES2015 coverage. This release also fixes some regressions introduced in v6.4. Tierney Coren [11 Simple npm Tricks](https://nodesource.com/blog/eleven-npm-tricks-that-will-knock-your-wombat-socks-off/)Using npm as effectively as possible can be difficult. Here is a list of 11 bite-size tricks to help speed up development. Gergely Nemeth [3 Garbage Collection Improvements in V8](https://blog.risingstack.com/javascript-garbage-collection-orinoco/)In recent Node releases, V8 was updated to version 5.x - here, we see how garbage collection is being affected en route to a new GC called Orinoco. Gemnasium EnterpriseSponsor [Gemnasium Enterprise: keep your projects secure and away from technical debt](http://enterprise.gemnasium.com/node-weekly?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NodeWeekly)Running insecure code is a liability. Run Gemnasium behind your firewall and find security issues in your dependencies as soon as they appear. We support npm, Bower, RubyGems, PyPi and Packagist for code on GitHub, Bitbucket, GitHub Enterprise. 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Josh Marinacci [Create a Language and Parser in JavaScript with Ohm](https://www.pubnub.com/blog/2016-08-30-javascript-parser-ohm-makes-creating-a-programming-language-easy/)Introducing Ohm, a JavaScript parser generator for building your own programming languages. Jobs - [Sr. Javascript / Ruby Developer](https://www.stickermule.com/jobs?job=714da6cc-dc8b-4453-8bd6-7b0fa41ebd37&title=sr-javascript--ruby-developer) Sticker Mule is looking for passionate engineers to join our remote team. Come help us build the best e-commerce experience using Ruby, Rails, React, Node, Docker and more. Sticker Mule - [Stop wasting time - know what you'll earn before the interview](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=petercooperpress&utm_campaign=q3-16-nodeweekly) On Hired, sign up in 10 minutes and get offers from top companies like GitHub, Uber, & Stripe. Engineers get an average of 5 offers on the platform in 1 week Hired.com In Brief - [Efficiently Building Node.js Docker Containers for Production](https://blog.phusion.nl/2016/08/31/efficiently-and-conveniently-building-ruby-and-node-js-application-docker-containers-for-production-2/) tutorial Phusion - [Building an Amazon Alexa Skill with Node.js](https://jordankasper.com/building-an-amazon-alexa-skill-with-node-js/#?) tutorial Using Node to create a custom query to ask Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. No Echo required. Jordan Kasper - [Threat Modelling for Node Apps](https://snyk.io/blog/nodejs-attack-tree-modelling) tutorial Gergely Nemeth shares advice on how to get started threat modeling your Node.js application. 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