--- title: "This Week's Node and io.js News - Issue 84" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 84 published_at: "2015-04-30" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/84" --- This Week's Node and io.js News - Issue 84 This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/84) Node WeeklyApril 30, 2015 #84 Microsoft [Vorlon.JS: A Remote Debugging and Testing Tool](http://vorlonjs.com/)Vorlon.js helps you remotely load, inspect, test and debug JavaScript code running on any device with a browser. There’s also an article about [why MS created it](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eternalcoding/archive/2015/04/30/why-we-made-vorlon-js-and-how-to-use-it-to-debug-your-javascript-remotely.aspx). io.js Repository [io.js 2.0.0 Release Proposal](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/pull/1532)The io.js team are quickly putting together their ideas for what should be rolled into an imminent 2.0 release. Graham Jenson [Building a Modular Security Camera with Embedded JS on the Tessel](http://www.maori.geek.nz/post/embeeded_node_js_on_the_tessel_building_a_modular_security_camera)The Tessel is a microcontroller that runs JavaScript code and Graham demonstrates using one to create a security camera (note: code is CoffeeScript-based). SendGridSponsor [Email API Service: Node.js Code Builder](https://sendgrid.com/docs/Utilities/code_workshop.html?utm_source=cooper-press&utm_medium=content-advertising&mc=Content-Advertising&mcd=cooper-press&cvosrc=content-advertising.cooper-press.node-news&cvo_adid=node-news&cvo_cid=newsletter)Reliably send and deliver email from your application using the SendGrid Node.js library. Visit the Code Workshop to see a working example of sending mail through Sendgrid, and export the code example in minutes. 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Microsoft [Visual Studio Code: A New Cross Platform Code Editor from MS](https://code.visualstudio.com/)Visual Studio Code is a new editor from Microsoft that’s uses technology from GitHub’s Atom editor which itself is based around Node and WebKit. MS have put Node front and center with a [Developing Node Applications](https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/nodejs) guide for VS Code users. The Visual Studio Blog [Node.js Tools 1.0 on GitHub and VMs Available](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2015/04/24/node-js-tools-1-0-on-github-and-vms-available.aspx)The Node tools for Visual Studio are now on GitHub but.. the bigger news may be that anyone can now play with Node.js Tools for Visual Studio using a Windows-based VM with everything preinstalled. 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Hired.com In Brief - [Apache Cordova Moves Core Plugins to npm](http://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2015/04/21/plugins-release-and-move-to-npm.html) news Apache Cordova - [Johnny-Five (a JS Robotics Programming Framework) Has A Shiny New Homepage](http://johnny-five.io/) news Bocoup - [How to Write Middleware for Express.js Apps](https://stormpath.com/blog/how-to-write-middleware-for-express-apps/) tutorial Robert Damphousse - [Compiling Your ES6 Command Line Apps to Work with Node](https://gist.github.com/maximilianschmitt/d7bcb67fade39db7e6c8) tutorial Max Schmitt - [Creating a PostgreSQL Backend Service on Node.js with Express and Bookshelf.js](http://dnyy.sg/a-postgresql-backend-service-on-node-js-with-express-and-bookshelf-js/) tutorial Chinese Room - [Write Templates Like A Node.js Pro: Handlebars Tutorial](http://webapplog.com/handlebars/) tutorial Azat Mardan - [Connecting to the Jawbone UP API with Node.js](http://www.sitepoint.com/connecting-jawbone-up-api-node-js/) tutorial SitePoint - [Getting Started with Docker for the Node.js Developer](https://www.airpair.com/docker/posts/getting-started-with-docker-for-the-nodejs-dev) tutorial Heitor Tashiro Sergent - [Destructuring Old vs New ES6 Way](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/jsnext-es6/destructuring-old-vs-new-way/) video The way we destructure objects is improved in ES6. Aaron compares the old way to the new ES6 way. Frontend MastersSponsor - [Moving from Node.js to Dart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHsmiY0rFS8) video From the Dart Summit came a talk about porting a production API built in Node over to Dart. Daisal Abid - [Working with Koa.js](http://bramanti.me/working-with-koa-js/) opinion Koa.js is a ‘next generation’ framework from the creators of Express. Edward Bramanti - [Codeship - The fastest Continuous Delivery Platform](http://codeship.com/?utm_campaign=customers&utm_medium=email&utm_source=rubyweekly) tools Codeship is a fast and secure hosted Continuous Integration and Delivery platform. Give it a try and join customers like Product Hunt and Treehouse. Sign up today! CodeshipSponsor - [disque.js: A Simple Disque Client, Inspired by Redic](https://www.npmjs.com/package/disque.js) code [Disque](https://github.com/antirez/disque) is an in-memory distributed job queue from the creator of Redis. 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