--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 169" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 169 published_at: "2017-01-05" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/169" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 169 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/169) Node WeeklyJanuary 5, 2017 #169 Node.js Foundation [Node v7.4.0 (Current) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v7.4.0/)npm gets an upgrade to 4.0.5, and the performance of the ‘http’ server, Buffer.from(), Buffer allocation and EventEmitter.once() are improved significantly. Gergely Nemeth [Node.js Interview Questions and Answers (2017 Edition)](https://blog.risingstack.com/node-js-interview-questions-and-answers-2017/)A look at a variety of questions, and potential answers to them, that you could encounter when interviewing for Node-related jobs this year. Franziska Hinkelmann [V8 Loves Node.js](http://v8project.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/v8-nodejs.html)Just before Christmas, the Google V8 team shared a post about how they’ve been working to make Node better too. RedisGreenSponsor [Explore your memory use over time with RedisGreen](http://www.redisgreen.net/8/index.html?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2017a&utm_content=primary&utm_term=expore+time+memory)RedisGreen's hosting and monitoring service maps your memory usage and tracks how keys in your database behave over time. 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Hired In Brief - [Node v4.7.1 (LTS) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.7.1/) news Node.js Foundation - [Node v6.9.3 (LTS) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.9.3/) news Node.js Foundation - [Integrated Continuous Testing Tool for JavaScript](https://wallabyjs.com/) tools JavaScript TDD on steroids with instant code coverage right in your editor, now with coverage reports. Wallaby.jsSponsor - [Element Already Exists in An Array: How To Stop It Being Added Again?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/41364383/3951) tutorial Stack Overflow - [Why is JavaScript's bind() Necessary?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/41391288/3951) tutorial Stack Overflow - [Building Beautiful APIs in Node](https://medium.com/software-engineering/beautiful-node-apis-eaf0b636cbe) tutorial Azat Mardan - [A Sketch-Note Guide to Node.js Streams](https://medium.com/@_lrlna/a-sketch-note-guide-to-node-js-streams-part-1-6db88e32623a) tutorial Ira Shestak - [MongoDB Will Not Prevent NoSQL Injections in Your Node App](https://blog.sqreen.io/mongodb-will-not-prevent-nosql-injections-in-your-node-js-app/) tutorial A look at how a Mongo and Mongoose-using Express app can be vulnerable to NoSQL injections. Vladimir de Turckheim - [Create a Simple Twitter Bot with Node](https://hackernoon.com/create-a-simple-twitter-bot-with-node-js-5b14eb006c08#.2wxffr4yn) tutorial Make a Twitter Bot that retweets or favorites on the basis of hashtags and replies. Aman Mittal - [Implementing The IRC Spec in Node](https://hackernoon.com/implementing-the-irc-spec-in-node-js-c630b8cd5771) tutorial Rahat Ahmed - [Natural Language Processing in JavaScript with Natural](https://egghead.io/courses/natural-language-processing-in-javascript-with-natural) video Hannah Davis - [Here's Why You Should Build a Robot Using Node: Because You Can](https://soundcloud.com/thenewstackmakers/heres-why-you-should-build-a-robot-with-nodejs) podcast A 28 minute chat with Emily Rose and Steve Kinney. 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