--- title: "This Week's Node News - Issue 74" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 74 published_at: "2015-02-20" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/74" --- This Week's Node News - Issue 74 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/74) Node WeeklyFebruary 20, 2015 #74 Lin Clark [How to Publish Your jQuery Plugins to npm](http://blog.npmjs.org/post/111475741445/publishing-your-jquery-plugin-to-npm-the-quick)The npm blog features a well-timed tutorial now that [npm is the recommended route](http://blog.npmjs.org/post/111385956875/welcome-jquery-developers) for publishing a jQuery plugin (and the jQuery Plugin Registry is now read-only). Raygun [Node.js Performance: Node.js vs Io.js](https://raygun.io/blog/2015/02/node-js-performance-node-js-vs-io-js/)The latest attempt at a Node vs io.js benchmark. io.js wins here. 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Schlueter [how-to-npm: A Module to Teach You How to Module](https://www.npmjs.com/package/how-to-npm)An interactive command-line based trainer that gets you up to speed with setting up a working environment, installing dependencies, publishing a module, etc. StrongLoop [How the Node Foundation Will Unify Node.js with io.js](http://strongloop.com/strongblog/node-js-foundation-io-js-unification/)A view from someone with good connections with both groups. Jobs - [Senior Node.js Developer at digital currency / Bitcoin startup Circle](http://circle.theresumator.com/apply/MTP3jE/Senior-Nodejs-Developer.html?source=NodejsWeekly) Whether you're convinced or curious about Bitcoin's potential to redefine money as we know it, if you're a smart, passionate Node.js developer with a strong background in building web apps using modern frameworks we'd like to hear from you. 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Hired.com In Brief - [Monitoring a Live Twitter Stream with the Raspberry Pi and Node](http://www.bitpi.co/2015/02/13/live-twitter-stream-using-raspberry-pi-and-nodejs/) tutorial BitPi - [Creaitng a Smartphone Remote Control with Node.js and Socket.io](http://tutorialzine.com/2015/02/smartphone-remote-control-for-presentations/) tutorial Tutorialzine - [Caching Your Views with Redis using the Express Framework](http://nodejs.blog.br/2015/02/caching-views-redis-express-framework) tutorial Amauri Gabriel - [Getting started with the World Weather Online API and Node](http://blog.worldweatheronline.com/2015/02/19/getting-started-world-weather-online-api-node-js/) tutorial World Weather Online - [A Node, Express, Angular, and PostgreSQL CRUD App Tutorial](http://mherman.org/blog/2015/02/12/postgresql-and-nodejs/) Michael Herman - [Batching Operations in Node.js Writable Streams](http://blog.justonepixel.com/geek/2015/02/15/batch-operations-writable-streams/) tutorial Michel Tu - [Managing Files with Node.js and MongoDB's GridFS](http://blog.robertonodi.me/managing-files-with-node-js-and-mongodb-gridfs/) tutorial Robert Onodi - [Monitor Node.js performance in real time](http://www.appdynamics.com/freetrial?utm_source=cooperpress=sponsorship=nodeweekly=monitor%20node.js%20performance%20in%20real%20time=1_15_2015) tools Monitor comprehensive real-time performance metrics —from your Node.js application to the OS. 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