--- title: "#189: Node Streams, and Node 8.0 RC 1 Builds" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 189 published_at: "2017-05-25" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/189" --- #189: Node Streams, and Node 8.0 RC 1 Builds This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/189) Node WeeklyMay 25, 2017 #189 Samer Buna [Node.js Streams: Everything You Need to Know](https://medium.freecodecamp.com/node-js-streams-everything-you-need-to-know-c9141306be93)_“Streams are Node’s best and most misunderstood idea.”_ Which might be why many articles have been written about them. If you prefer video, [this FunFunFunction video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD2dZw9iHCc) is still pretty good. Bruno Krebs [Load Balancing Node Apps with NGINX and Docker](https://auth0.com/blog/load-balancing-nodejs-applications-with-nginx-and-docker/)A simple example of ‘containerizing’ a Node app with Docker and running two instances with NGINX as a load balancer. Node.js Foundation [Node 8.0 Release Candidate 1 Builds](https://nodejs.org/download/rc/v8.0.0-rc.1/)The final 8.0 release is due next week but, for the brave, here are files with the first release candidate build. Using nvm? You can [use nvm to install nightlies](https://gist.github.com/chicoxyzzy/77dcbf21485d80b3ad870ed0d3286579) too. EventnSponsor [Eventn - Node.js RESTful Microservices](https://eventn.com/)Launch Node.js 7.x microservices with a single click. Build, deploy and scale ES6 microservices for HTTP Data Processing. Serverless architecture with a free monthly allocation. [![Eventn\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/42310e20.jpg)](https://eventn.com/) GitHub [A List of Major Commits Made for Node 8.0](https://github.com/jasnell/node/blob/8.0.0-proposal/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md)Node 8.0 is due next week and you can already get a feel for what a significant release it’ll be from these commits. 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