--- title: "#197: A Checklist of Node Production Best Practices" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 197 published_at: "2017-07-20" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/197" --- #197: A Checklist of Node Production Best Practices This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/197) Node WeeklyJuly 20, 2017 #197 Yoni Goldberg [A Checklist of Node Production Best Practices](http://goldbergyoni.com/checklist-best-practice-of-node-js-in-production/)19 different tips or best practices to consider when putting your Node apps into production, along with pop-out examples and links. James M Snell [Say Hello to HTTP/2 for Node.js Core](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/say-hello-to-http-2-for-node-js-core-261ba493846e)There’s a [pull request](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14239) containing an initial experimental implementation of HTTP/2 directly in Node. James explains how to get started playing with it. Jonas Helfer [Apollo Server 1.0: A GraphQL Server for All Node Frameworks](https://dev-blog.apollodata.com/apollo-server-1-0-a-graphql-server-for-all-node-js-frameworks-2b37d3342f7c)A community-maintained, open-source GraphQL server that works with Express, Hapi, Koa, Lambda, Micro, Restify, etc. Simple ProgrammerSponsor [Announcing: How to Earn More as a Software Developer](https://simpleprogrammer.com/products/careerguide?utm_source=coopermedia&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=career-guide&utm_content=2017-07-career-guide-launch-node-weekly)Technical knowledge alone isn't enough—increase your income by leveling up your "soft skills." Learn new skills faster, command more respect, find work you love, and earn what you're worth. Get the book for $0.99 (48 hours only). 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In Brief - [npm v5.3.0 Released](http://blog.npmjs.org/post/162986246605/v530-2017-07-13) news The npm Blog - [Building a Live Webcam Face Detector using Node and OpenCV](https://codeforgeek.com/2017/07/building-live-webcam-face-detector-node-js-opencv/) tutorial Shahid Shaikh - [Writing A Node Module in TypeScript](https://dev.to/dkundel/writing-a-nodejs-module-in-typescript) tutorial Dominik Kundel - [Optimizing Node Code Performance using the 'async' Module](https://www.nodebeginner.org/blog/post/nodejs-tutorial-optimizing-code-performance-using-async/) tutorial Manuel Kiessling - [Simple Server Side Caching for Express](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/simple-server-side-cache-for-express-js-with-node-js-45ff296ca0f0) tutorial Guilherme Oenning - [AWS EC2 Web Console Tutorial: Node.js Hello World Server](https://node.university/blog/1001486/aws-ec2-hello-node) tutorial Azat Mardan - [How to Build a Collaborative MIDI App with Express.js and Socket.io](https://medium.com/@agbales/how-to-build-a-collaborative-midi-app-with-express-js-socket-io-273663b63201) tutorial Andrew Bales - [Rapid Development and Deployment with Node and Docker](https://finnian.io/blog/rapid-development-with-node-js-and-docker/) tutorial Finnian Anderson - [The Constant HashTables Seeds Vulnerability Explained](https://medium.com/@ahmadbamieh/nodejs-constant-hashtables-seeds-vulnerability-f03bf70e3593) tutorial A technical explanation of a recent high impact security vulnerability issue in Node. 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