--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 162" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 162 published_at: "2016-11-03" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/162" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 162 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/162) Node WeeklyNovember 3, 2016 #162 Tierney Coren [6 of the Most Exciting ES6 Features in Node v6 LTS](https://nodesource.com/blog/six-of-the-most-exciting-es6-features-in-node-js-v6-lts)With an updated version of V8 under the hood, there’s now major support for something near and dear to many JavaScript developers’ hearts: ES6. Scott Frees [Using Buffers to Share Data Between Node.js and C++](https://community.risingstack.com/using-buffers-node-js-c-plus-plus/)Learn how to share data between Node and C++ using Buffers - in order to work with the same data in both languages, in a performant way. IBM [Advances in Core-Dump Debugging for Node](https://developer.ibm.com/node/2016/09/27/advances-in-core-dump-debugging-for-node-js/)The [LLNODE](https://github.com/nodejs/llnode) project has moved under the Node.js organization. It provides a plugin to the LLDB debugger so JavaScript stacks and heap objects can be analyzed from a core dump. Frontend MastersSponsor [New Course: React Native (feat. Redux) ...Build Mobile Apps in JS](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/react-native/)Use the same skills you use on the web to build cross-platform, native applications in JavaScript! [![Frontend Masters\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/0f2b8a83.png)](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/react-native/) Kenton Varda [The Mysterious Fiber Bomb: A V8 Debugging Story](https://sandstorm.io/news/2016-09-30-fiber-bomb-debugging-story)A look at how a team investigated an odd performance issue with one of their Node apps that was pegging the CPU at 100% usage but remaining responsive to requests. Michael Herman [Token-Based Authentication with Node](http://mherman.org/blog/2016/10/28/token-based-authentication-with-node)A detailed tutorial looking at a test-first approach to token-based authentication in a Node app, using JSON Web Tokens and Postgres. Tamas Kadlecsik [Node.js At Scale: Understanding The Event Loop](https://blog.risingstack.com/node-js-at-scale-understanding-node-js-event-loop/)A thorough, practical look at how Node’s event loop works, how you can leverage it to build fast apps, and how to solve common problems. Rising Stack [The History of Node.js on a Timeline](https://blog.risingstack.com/history-of-node-js/)A quick link driven history of Node.js from 2009 until the present day. Jobs - [Senior Software Engineer](http://app.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?nl=1&k=Apply&j=oaz63fwC&s=Node_Weekly&su=ffO9VfwR) Kink.com is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team in the heart of SF’s Mission District. 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