--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 157" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 157 published_at: "2016-09-29" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/157" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 157 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/157) Node WeeklySeptember 29, 2016 #157 Node.js Foundation [Security Updates for All Active Node.js Release Lines](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/)Five different OpenSSL related security flaws have led to new security releases (below). A few Node-specific flaws have also been resolved. Node.js Foundation [Node 6.7.0, 0.12.16, 0.10.47 and 4.6.0 Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.7.0/)Several releases for important security reasons. See [0.12.6](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v0.12.16/), [0.10.47](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v0.10.47/) and [4.6.0](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.6.0/) release posts separately. Gergely Nemeth [Node at Scale: npm Best Practices](https://blog.risingstack.com/nodejs-at-scale-npm-best-practices/)Learn some best practices for using Node’s package manager: from installation and finding packages, through to locking dependencies and securing projects. BandwidthSponsor [Koa vs. Express? Why we chose Koa](http://blog.bandwidth.com/express-es5-to-koa-es7/?utm_medium=advertising&utm_source=node_weekly&utm_campaign=2016_Q3_job-482_moving_from_express_to_koa_advertising&utm_content=job-482_moving_from_express_to_koa)Despite the fact that Express is the current dominator in the Node server space, we decided to go with Koa to serve up our UI code. See our thoughts behind the process, and how it all shook out. 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Filmed at GitHub Universe 2016 - _42 minutes_. Machisté Quintana [Making Electron Development Simpler, More Pleasant and Productive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqg_IqVeI5s)An engineer at Slack demonstrates the tools Slack used to reduce friction in Electron development (which they used for the latest Slack client, currently in beta). _35 minutes._ Tierney Coren [8 Protips For When 'Dockerizing' Node.js](https://nodesource.com/blog/8-protips-to-start-killing-it-when-dockerizing-node-js/)Containers provide a common way to deploy Node apps in production, but how can you improve your packaging process? Jobs - [Full Stack Engineer at Hello Alfred (New York)](https://hello-alfred-1.workable.com/jobs/214124) We're seeking a Full Stack Engineer with the ability & passion for building solutions. We would like someone who can help develop our engineering philosophy & practices to lead the construction of a new type of service. 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