--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 181" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 181 published_at: "2017-03-30" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/181" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 181 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/181) Node WeeklyMarch 30, 2017 #181 Zeit [Next.js 2.0 Released: Server-Rendered React App Backend](https://zeit.co/blog/next2)Released just 5 months ago, the [first version of Next.js](https://zeit.co/blog/next) was very popular. 2.0 makes building React-powered backends even easier with pre-fetching and component-based CSS support. J Cole Morrison [Build and Deploy a Node API and React Web App on AWS](http://start.jcolemorrison.com/build-deploy-node-react-on-aws/)A full set of guides and tutorials to setup and deploy a Node, Express and Loopback API and a React Web App to AWS with Docker on ECS. Mostafa Gaafar [6 Reasons Why Async/Await Blows Promises Away](https://hackernoon.com/6-reasons-why-javascripts-async-await-blows-promises-away-tutorial-c7ec10518dd9)As of 7.6, Node now supports ES2016’s async and await features. This isn’t a deep dive but shows off some simple examples. DatadogSponsor [How are your Node apps performing?](https://www.datadoghq.com/monitor-nodejs/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=CooperPress&utm_campaign=CooperPress-NodeWeekly&utm_content=node)Graph and alert on custom Node metrics, and correlate with data from 150+ other technologies across your stack. 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In Brief - [npm v4.5.0 Released](http://blog.npmjs.org/post/158793343690/npm-v450-2017-03-24) news Bug fixes and support for far smaller package metadata. The npm Blog - [Node.js LTS (Long-Term Support) Dates and Timings](https://github.com/nodejs/LTS#lts-schedule) news Wondering how long that older version of Node will be supported? Here’s a handy chart. Node.js Foundation - [How to build a live comment feature using NodeJS](https://blog.pusher.com/build-live-comments-feature-using-javascript/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cooperpress-sponsored-link-early2017) tutorial Learn how you can build a web app with live comments using Pusher, NodeJS and Vanilla Javascript. PusherSponsor - [What Does const Stand For in ES6?](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/what-does-const-stand-for-in-es6-f7ab3d9e06fc) tutorial Jacopo Daeli - [A Brief Illustrated Guide to Garbage Collection in V8](https://medium.com/@_lrlna/garbage-collection-in-v8-an-illustrated-guide-d24a952ee3b8) tutorial Ira Shestak - [Use All The Databases (with GraphQL) - Part 1](https://www.compose.com/articles/use-all-the-databases-part-1/) tutorial The author of _GraphQL: The New REST_ shows how to combine data from multiple sources using GraphQL. [Part 2 here](https://www.compose.com/articles/use-all-the-databases-part-2/). Loren Sands-Ramshaw - [Proxying WebSockets with NGINX](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zutCD7HMgwA) video Uses an Express and Socket.io app on the backend. YouTube - [An Introduction to Promises and Generators](https://pusher.com/sessions/meetup/london-node-user-group/promises-and-generators-in-nodejs) video Not quite got your head around them yet? Here’s a 20 minute (re)introduction. Ben August - [Bedrock: A Collection of Frameworks To Quickly Set Up Node Webapps](https://tilomitra.github.io/bedrock/) tools Brings together Sails, React, Webpack and more. Tilo Mitra - [Best Practices for Building Minimal Docker Images](https://resources.codeship.com/ebooks/minimal-docker-images-aw?utm_source=email-sponsorship&utm_medium=cpc-node-weekly-sponsored-link&utm_campaign=cooper-ebook-building-minimal-docker-images-campaign) In this eBook, we will look at ways to streamline your Docker image as small as possible, using code examples to highlight strategies. 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