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title: "#200: Node 8.3 Released"
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issue: 200
published_at: "2017-08-10"
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#200: Node 8.3 Released

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Node WeeklyAugust 10, 2017 #200 Node.js Foundation 

[Node 8.3 (Current) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.3.0/)This version sees the V8 engine upgraded to version 6.0 (which has key [performance implications](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/get-ready-a-new-v8-is-coming-node-js-performance-is-changing-46a63d6da4de)) in addition to DNS, N-API and REPL changes.
 Sam Roberts 

[NODE_OPTIONS Has Landed in 8.x](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/node-options-has-landed-in-8-x-5fba57af703d)A new environment variable that lets you supply command line arguments to Node. This post explains why it’s useful.
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[Changes to Node's Errors You Need to Know About](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/node-js-errors-changes-you-need-to-know-about-dc8c82417f65)Changes, beginning in Node 8 and continuing to occur en route to Node 9, are coming to errors thrown by the Node.js runtime.
 Schahriar SaffarShargh 

[N-API and Getting Started with Writing C Addons for Node](https://medium.com/@schahriar/n-api-and-getting-started-with-writing-c-addons-for-node-js-cf061b3eae75)Using N-API’s abstractions, you can create C/C++ addons without having a deep understanding of how V8 works.
 Duo Labs 

[Hunting Malicious npm Packages](https://duo.com/blog/hunting-malicious-npm-packages)Following last week’s npm typosquatting story, Jordan Wright analyzes npm packages and how attackers use malicious packages to gain access/control over systems.
 Scott Allen 

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In Brief

- [Hitachi Announces Commitment to Node-RED](http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/08/prweb14579081.htm) news 
[Node-RED](https://nodered.org/) is a powerful Node.js flow-based programming system. JS Foundation
- [Full Stack Fest 2017 - Barcelona, 4-8 Sept](https://2017.fullstackfest.com) news 
A conference that peeks into the web of tomorrow. Serverless, WebVR, Progressive Web Apps. 10% discount with code NODEWEEK. Full Stack Fest BarcelonaSponsor
- [The 80/20 Guide to Express Error Handling](http://thecodebarbarian.com/80-20-guide-to-express-error-handling.html) tutorial Valeri Karpov
- [Building a Simple AI Chatbot with the Web Speech API and Node](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/08/ai-chatbot-web-speech-api-node-js/) tutorial Tomomi Imura
- [An Introduction to Web Scraping with Node](https://codeburst.io/an-introduction-to-web-scraping-with-node-js-1045b55c63f7) tutorial 
Learn how to scrape static websites with Node, request, and CheerioJS. Brandon Morelli
- [Getting Started with Nodebots and Johnny-Five](https://www.twilio.com/blog/2017/08/js-hardware-getting-started-with-nodebots-and-johnny-five.html) tutorial 
Build some cool hardware projects powered by Node. Dominik Kundel
- [Building a Simple GraphQL Server with Neo4j](https://www.oreilly.com/learning/building-a-simple-graphql-server-with-neo4j) tutorial William Lyon
- [Getting Started with Using Headless Chrome from Node](https://www.sitepoint.com/headless-chrome-node-js/) tutorial 
With a demo of capturing screenshots of pages as you programmatically navigate a site. SitePoint
- [How to Create a Bot with the Bot Builder SDK for Node](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/nodejs/bot-builder-nodejs-quickstart) tutorial Microsoft
- [Build an app using MongoDB and Node.js](https://resources.mongodb.com/node-js?jmp=cpress&utm_campaign=WW_CP_newsletter_sponsorship_FY18Q3&utm_content=sponsored%20&utm_medium=display&utm_source=nodeweekly0810) tutorial MONGODBSponsor
- [Your Node Authentication Tutorial Is (Probably) Wrong](https://medium.com/@micaksica/your-node-js-authentication-tutorial-is-wrong-f1a3bf831a46) opinion 
Some common authentication pitfalls, and how to avoid them. micaksica
- [Twitter Uses Node to Slim Down and Speed Up Its Mobile Web App](https://siliconangle.com/blog/2017/08/02/twitter-uses-node-js-to-slim-down-and-speed-up-its-mobile-web-app-nodesummit/) video Mark Albertson
- [Database Performance Monitoring Buyer’s Guide](https://www.vividcortex.com/resources/database-performance-monitoring-buyers-guide?utm_campaign=Node%20Weekly&utm_source=ppc&utm_medium=Database%20Performance) 
This guide is designed to aid when evaluating database monitoring solutions for your unique environment. VividCortexSponsor
- [rawkit: Immediately Open Chrome DevTools When Debugging Node Apps](https://github.com/darcyclarke/rawkit) tools Darcy Clarke
- [Grial: A Node Framework for Creating GraphQL API Servers Easily](https://github.com/sergiodxa/grial) code 
..without a lot of boilerplate. [Tutorial here](https://dev.to/sergiodxa/introducing-grial). Sergio Xalambrí
- [Nano ID: Tiny, Secure URL-Friendly Unique String ID Generator](https://github.com/ai/nanoid) code Andrey Sitnik

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