--- title: "#219: A Look Back at 2017" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 219 published_at: "2017-12-21" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/219" --- #219: A Look Back at 2017 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/219) Node WeeklyDecember 21, 2017 #219 **In this final issue of 2017, we look back at our most popular links of 2017**, so no news this week but we hope you have a happy holiday season and we're back on January 11, 2018 :-) _- The Node Weekly Team (Peter, Chris, and Za'e)_ Jeremy Morrell [8 Habits of a Happy Node Hacker, 2017 Edition](https://blog.heroku.com/node-habits-2017)[2016's edition](https://blog.heroku.com/node-habits-2016) was very popular, so it was great to see it back in 2017. 8 more Node ‘habits’/best practices to consider. Node Summit [Paul Irish on Debugging in 2017 with Node.js [video\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb_0awoShR8)Paul Irish demonstrates improved workflows for debugging, profiling and understanding your app using the DevTools protocol. He also shares more advanced techniques for automating and monitoring Node. Matteo Collina [Fastify: a New Speedy Web Framework](https://thenewstack.io/introducing-fastify-speedy-node-js-web-framework/)[Fastify](https://github.com/fastify/fastify) is built as a general-purpose web framework, inspired by Hapi, but is well suited to building fast JSON-based HTTP APIs. RedisgreenSponsor [Redis 4.0 Now on RedisGreen](http://www.redisgreen.net/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2017c&utm_content=primary&utm_term=r4+memory)Redis 4.0 is out and available on RedisGreen with full visualization of your memory usage and top-tier performance. 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Yoni Goldberg [A Curated Compilation of Node Best Practices](https://github.com/i0natan/nodebestpractices)Curated from numerous popular articles this in-development list of best practices covers topics from error handling to memory use. Mostafa Gaafar [Where 'async' and 'await' Can Beat Promises](https://hackernoon.com/6-reasons-why-javascripts-async-await-blows-promises-away-tutorial-c7ec10518dd9)Not a deep dive, but some simple examples of using async/await vs promises. ES2016’s async/await are natively supported in Node 7.6+, as well as via Babel. Michelle Gienow ['Node.js Will Overtake Java Within a Year'](https://thenewstack.io/open-source-profile-mikeal-rogers-node-js/)An interview with the now departed Node.js Foundation community manager. We have six months to see how this pans out. 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