--- title: "Node v10.12.0 (Current) Released" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 259 published_at: "2018-10-11" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/259" --- The latest Node.js news, articles, tools, and projects. #259 — October 11, 2018 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/259) Node Weekly [Node v10.12.0 (Current) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v10.12.0/) — Several notable though small-ish changes: - `fs.mkdir` and `fs.mkdirSync` get a new `recursive` option to create non-existing parent folders; - the addition of bash completion support for the `node` binary (you have to run `node --completion-bash` to generate the relevant script); - a few improvements to `http2`; - `util` sort options; - the Windows installer now has an option to install the tools needed to compile native modules. Michaël Zasso (Node.js Foundation) [12 Factor CLI Apps](https://medium.com/@jdxcode/12-factor-cli-apps-dd3c227a0e46) — Can you take the ideas from the [12 factor app methodology](https://12factor.net/), originally constructed as a way to structure _webapps_, and apply it to command line apps? Heroku’s Jeff Dickey says yes, and shows us how. Jeff Dickey [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/c5f3e615.png)](https://apifortress.com/api-testing-tools-for-developers/?utm_source=nodeweekly1&utm_medium=email) [Building APIs?](https://apifortress.com/api-testing-tools-for-developers/?utm_source=nodeweekly1&utm_medium=email) — Free yourself of regression testing, load testing, and mocking. Try a platform that can do that for you. An API testing framework as a platform. API Fortress sponsor [Isaac Z. Schleuter on the Node + JS Foundation Merger](https://blog.npmjs.org/post/178734613655/node-js-foundation) — The creator of npm and former ‘BDFL’ of Node.js shares his thoughts on the [recently announced](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/news/2018/10/node-js-foundation-and-js-foundation-announce-intent-to-create-joint-organization-to-support-the-broad-node-js-and-javascript-communities/) Node.js and JS Foundation merger. In short, he’s excited. The npm Blog [Troubleshooting Node Issues in Production with llnode](https://thenewstack.io/troubleshooting-node-js-issues-in-production-with-llnode/) — A look at the [llnode](https://github.com/nodejs/llnode) project (a Node plugin for the LLDB debugger) and how it can help debug issues particularly on larger or more complex apps. Matheus Marchini [MongoDB Inc. Acquires mLab, the Cloud MongoDB Host](https://blog.mlab.com/2018/10/mlab-is-becoming-a-part-of-mongodb-inc/) — Not _exactly_ Node news, but I suspect Node developers are more likely to use mLab’s MongoDB hosting on services like Heroku, so this may affect you as a migration will be forthcoming. Will Shulman (mLab) 💻 Jobs [Sr. Backend Engineer - Node.js / React / MongoDB (San Francisco)](https://jobs.lever.co/lumahealth/f4bc0136-39c5-4642-a10b-32837cf315ca) — We’re changing healthcare. Join us and help us scale our core Node backend platform that connects patients and doctors. Luma Health [Senior Full-Stack JavaScript Engineer](https://www.sitepen.com/about/jobs.html?position=senior-fullstack-javascript-engineer) — Small, smart teams, challenging work, modern tech, great benefits, and a carefully curated emoji library. 100% Remote. SITEPEN [UK Tech Jobs? 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Dave Johnson [Publishing Private npm Packages to Nexus](https://medium.com/@kashyap.mukkamala/deploying-private-npm-packages-to-nexus-a16722cc8166) — A look at how to use Nexus Repository Manager for distributing private packages. Kashyap Mukkamala [Common Node 8 Mistakes in Lambda Functions](https://serverless.com/blog/common-node8-mistakes-in-lambda/) Yan Cui ['Why I Use Node.js for Basically Everything I Do'](https://medium.com/@kieranmaher13/why-i-use-nodejs-for-basically-everything-i-do-e0a627787ecc) Kieran Maher [Replace a Pool and Spa Controller with a Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Node Red](https://www.instructables.com/id/Replace-Your-Pool-and-Spa-Controller-With-Raspberr/) — [Node-RED](https://nodered.org/) (written in Node) keeps you insulated from writing any JavaScript in this case, but it’s an interesting use case nonetheless. Neil Roeth 🔧 Code and Tools [Awesome MongoDB: A Curated Set of MongoDB Resources](https://github.com/ramnes/awesome-mongodb) — Over 100 curated links to MongoDB tutorials, libraries, articles, etc. Did you know we have [a MongoDB weekly newsletter](https://mongodb.email/) too? :-) Guillaume Gelin [Get Unparalleled Visibility into Node.js Application Performance](https://pages.nodesource.com/nsolid-platform-signup-nodeweekly.html) — N|Solid is the only platform built specifically to monitor Node.js application performance with minimal impact. N|Solid Platform sponsor [Flatbush: Fast Static Spatial Index for 2D Points and Rects](https://github.com/mourner/flatbush) — We first linked this several months ago but a new version is now out. Vladimir Agafonkin [Colorette: Library for Colorizing Text using ANSI Escape Sequences](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/colorette) — Just in case you’re not happy with the existing options. Jorge Bucaran [websocket-as-promised: A Promise-Based API for WebSockets](https://github.com/vitalets/websocket-as-promised) Vitaliy Potapov [Puppeteer 1.9 Released: The Headless Chrome API for Node](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/puppeteer) — Control Chrome headlessly over the DevTools protocol. 1.9 brings Chrome 71 support, frame navigation, and errors now have async stack traces. 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