--- title: "Bring async function support to Express.js with Awaitjs-Express" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 254 published_at: "2018-09-06" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/254" --- The latest Node.js news, articles, tools, and projects. #254 — September 6, 2018 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/254) Node Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/p9rpprqec5gfenvbrgkg.jpg)](https://github.com/lusakasa/sqorn) [Sqorn: A Fast, Composable SQL Query Builder](https://github.com/lusakasa/sqorn) — Uses a functional style that models query compilation as a series of transformations and also uses ES6 template literals in an interesting way. Worth checking out. [Full tutorial here.](https://sqorn.org/docs/tutorial.html) Sufyan Dawoodjee [Introducing Awaitjs-Express: Async Function Support for Express](http://thecodebarbarian.com/introducing-await-js-express-async-support-for-express-apps.html) — Express was developed in an era long before await/async and while Express 5 is expected to support it natively, there are options for bringing async function support to existing versions such as this. Valeri Karpov [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/6ea404db.png)](https://circleci.com/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=sep18&utm_content=node-weekly) [See why Facebook, Spotify, & Sony Trust CircleCI With Their CI/CD](https://circleci.com/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=sep18&utm_content=node-weekly) — Automate the software development process using continuous integration and continuous delivery so you can focus on what matters: building great things, not waiting for great things to build. 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