--- title: "GitHub acquires npm" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 330 published_at: "2020-03-19" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/330" --- This week's Node news, links, and releases. #330 — March 19, 2020 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/330) Node Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/zf7ohhcjzc8zcz5b9u5o.jpg)](https://github.blog/2020-03-16-npm-is-joining-github/) [npm is Joining GitHub](https://github.blog/2020-03-16-npm-is-joining-github/) — This is perhaps the biggest Node news of the year! npm Inc. (including the public repository) is being acquired by GitHub (who you might recall launched their own [package registry](https://github.blog/2019-05-10-introducing-github-package-registry/) less than a year ago). Fingers crossed this only means good things for npm. GitHub [Announcing Nest.js 7: What’s New](https://trilon.io/blog/announcing-nestjs-7-whats-new) — Nest is a TypeScript-based Node framework aimed at efficiently building ‘enterprise-grade’ apps. v7 brings changes to the GraphQL package, CLI improvements, plus updated documentation. Kamil Mysliwiec [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/26c1211e.png)](https://www.datadoghq.com/dg/apm/node-troubleshooting/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=CooperPress&utm_campaign=CooperPress-NodeWeeklyTroubleshootingP) [End-To-End Node.js Performance Monitoring with Datadog APM](https://www.datadoghq.com/dg/apm/node-troubleshooting/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=CooperPress&utm_campaign=CooperPress-NodeWeeklyTroubleshootingP) — Rapidly troubleshoot Node.js application performance issues with end-to-end distributed tracing in Datadog. Quickly pivot to related logs in one click and reduce MTTR. Try Datadog APM. Datadog sponsor [Next Phase Montage](https://blog.npmjs.org/post/612764866888007680/next-phase-montage) — npm people _really_ love their alternative definitions for “NPM”, don’t they? 😂 Here, Isaac Z Schlueter reflects on the GitHub acquisition and shares more details on what’s actually going to happen: the public registry remains free, npm continues as is, and he’ll be continuing to work on it. The npm Blog [How to Build a Tool to Record and Compare Google Lighthouse Reports](https://css-tricks.com/build-a-node-js-tool-to-record-and-compare-google-lighthouse-reports/) — A particularly thorough, step-by-step guide showing how to create a Node-powered tool run Google Lighthouse performance audits from the command line. Luke Harrison [Visualizing Data from a Node App with Prometheus and Grafana](https://sergeypotekhin.com/visualizing-data-from-the-node-js-app/) — Here’s a look at how to build attractive dashboards from any Node app by using Prometheus with Grafana, complete with some templates for you to start from. Sergey Potekhin [Setting up OAuth in a Next.js App with Passport and GitHub](https://zemuldo.com/blog/nextjs-oauth-with-passport-+-github-5e6d256f7f7b5b001984784f) Danstan Onyango 💻 **Jobs** [Find a Dev Job Through Vettery](https://www.vettery.com/tech?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=cooper-nodeweekly&utm_term=tech&utm_content=grouped&utm_campaign=ad-88879) — Vettery is completely free for job seekers. Make a profile, name your salary, and connect with hiring managers from top employers. 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Abdullah Atta [npm 6.14.3 Released](https://blog.npmjs.org/post/613030043329921024/release-6143) The npm Blog [Top GitHub Best Practices for Developers - Expanded Guide](https://try.datree.io/github-best-practices-guide?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=nodeweekly) — Implementing these best practices could save you time, improve code maintainability, and prevent security risks. Datree.io sponsor [Un-x P-rm-ss--ns 2.0: A Swiss Army Knife for Unix Permissions](https://github.com/ehmicky/unix-permissions) — A library for working with Unix filesystem permissions in a nicer way (such as using symbolic notation instead of numbers with `fs` methods). ehmicky [Bull: A Fast and Stable Redis-Based Queue for Node](https://github.com/OptimalBits/bull) — Prides itself on both performance and ‘rock solid stability’. Check [the examples](https://github.com/OptimalBits/bull#quick-guide) for an idea of the API. Manuel Astudillo [Scratch Node.js Docker Images](https://github.com/astefanutti/scratch-node) Antonin Stefanutti [on-change: Watch an Object or Array for Changes](https://github.com/sindresorhus/on-change) Sindre Sorhus [31 Days of #MarchMediaMadness. New Cloudinary Challenges, Win Daily](https://cloudinary.rocks/MarchMediaMadness) Cloudinary sponsor [AutoCannon: A Fast HTTP/1.1 Benchmarking Tool](https://github.com/mcollina/autocannon) — Inspired by [wrk](https://github.com/wg/wrk) and with support for HTTP pipelining and HTTPS. 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