--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 175" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 175 published_at: "2017-02-16" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/175" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 175 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/175) Node WeeklyFebruary 16, 2017 #175 James M Snell [An Update on ES6 Modules in Node.js](https://medium.com/@jasnell/an-update-on-es6-modules-in-node-js-42c958b890c)Last year, James wrote a [great article about modules](https://hackernoon.com/node-js-tc-39-and-modules-a1118aecf95e) and now returns with an update on how things are progressing. Gerard Rovira [Building A Scalable Express App](https://medium.com/@zurfyx/building-a-scalable-node-js-express-app-1be1a7134cfd)A thorough consideration of some of the ideas behind making a Node Express app more scalable. 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Carlos Justiniano [Building a Microservices Example Game with Distributed Messaging](https://community.risingstack.com/building-a-microservices-example-game-with-distributed-messaging/)Building the mechanics of a simple multiplayer game as a way to learn about bringing together Node-powered microservices with [Hydra.](https://github.com/flywheelsports/fwsp-hydra) Gone Hybrid [How To Create A Node.js Microservice for an Ionic App](http://gonehybrid.com/how-to-create-a-node-js-microservice-for-your-ionic-app/)Create a simple Node.js service that can handle calls to the Facebook Graph API, and avoid needing to include an Access Token in your Ionic-based mobile app. In Brief - [Full root access on lightning fast, dependable Linode servers.](http://welcome.linode.com/node-weekly?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=sponsored&utm_term=go&utm_campaign=node-weekly) No better place for a Node.js app. LinodeSponsor - [Have your MVP Running in Prod within 15 Minutes with Serverless](http://www.theodo.fr/blog/2017/02/have-your-mvp-running-in-prod-within-15-minutes-with-serverless/) tutorial Yu Ling Cheng - [Creating System Notifications on macOS and Windows from Node](https://davidwalsh.name/system-notifications-node) tutorial David Walsh - [Getting Node.js Testing and TDD Right](https://blog.risingstack.com/getting-node-js-testing-and-tdd-right-node-js-at-scale/) tutorial Peter Czibik - [A Brief History of Node Streams pt.1](https://medium.com/@jessica.quynh.tran/a-brief-history-of-node-streams-pt-1-3401db451f21) tutorial A look at what streams are and do, while providing some examples along the way. Jessica Quynh - [How Node Manages Timers Internally](https://asafdav2.github.io/2017/node-js-timers/) tutorial Asaf David - [Exploiting A Node.js Deserialization Bug for Remote Code Execution](https://opsecx.com/index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution/) story OpSecX - [Node.js + Containers = Magic](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/node-js-containers-magic-1321750b7184) story Node.js Foundation - [9 Useful Utilities for the Node.js Developer](https://nodesource.com/blog/nine-fantastic-utilities-for-the-node-js-developer) tools Covers create-react-app, branch-diff, nvm, and more. NodeSource - [Track errors in your Node apps with Sentry](https://sentry.io/from/nodeweekly/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=node3) tools Sentry's open-source error tracking tells you when your code breaks, without the need for bug reports. 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