--- title: "#223: Node Clinic Is A Performance Toolkit for Node Devs" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 223 published_at: "2018-02-01" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/223" --- #223: Node Clinic Is A Performance Toolkit for Node Devs This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/223) Node WeeklyFebruary 1, 2018 #223 Conor O'Neill [Node Clinic: A Performance Toolkit for Node Developers](https://www.nearform.com/blog/introducing-node-clinic-a-performance-toolkit-for-node-js-developers/)Clinic helps you investigate and resolve performance issues in your Node apps. The _Doctor_ tool can show you _what_ is wrong and point you to other tools to solve the issue. Strapi [Testing npm Packages Before Release with Verdaccio and Ngrok](https://medium.com/@strapi/testing-your-npm-package-before-releasing-it-using-verdaccio-ngrok-28e2832c850a)Ensuring your npm package works as expected _after_ publishing can be tricky, but [Verdaccio](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio) lets you run your own local npm registry, making testing easier. CodeshipSponsor [eBook: Using Docker and Codeship for Node.js Development](https://resources.codeship.com/ebooks/docker-and-codeship-for-continuous-integration-nodejs?utm_source=email-sponsorship&utm_medium=cpc-nodejs-weekly-primary&utm_campaign=nodejs-docker-codeship)Learn how to develop and test a Node.js app with Docker compose and how to further create a CI/CD pipeline for your app using Codeship. 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