--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 86: io.js and Node to Merge" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 86 published_at: "2015-05-14" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/86" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 86: io.js and Node to Merge This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/86) Node WeeklyMay 14, 2015 #86 VentureBeat [io.js Is Moving to The Node.js Foundation, with A Merge in Progress](http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/13/node-project-spinoff-io-js-is-moving-to-the-node-js-foundation-with-a-merge-in-progress/)The io.js Technical Committee has voted to join with the Node Foundation with a re-merger between the io.js and Node codebases expected to follow in due course. The official announcement [was here.](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/issues/1664#issuecomment-101828384) The Npm Blog [Building A Simple Command Line Tool with npm](http://blog.npmjs.org/post/118810260230/building-a-simple-command-line-tool-with-npm)A tutorial covering building a simple command line tool for deploying GitHub pages, particularly in the context of being a tool specific for your own team’s use. Callum Gavin [Performance Showdown: Node.js vs. io.js v2.0.0](https://raygun.io/blog/2015/05/performance-showdown-node-js-vs-io-js-v2-0-0/)As always with benchmarks, your mileage may vary. MailgunSponsor [Send transactional email in a NodeJS app using the Mailgun API](http://blog.mailgun.com/how-to-send-transactional-emails-in-a-nodejs-app-using-the-mailgun-api/?utm_source=nodeweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=may14&utm_campaign=nodejsblog)Sending transactional emails is very important for engaging with your user base. 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Example: `console.log(chalk.red.bold("hello") + chalk.inverse(" world") + "\n" + chalk.underline("!"));` Node.js Blog [A Next Chapter for T J Fontaine; Steps Back from Node](http://blog.nodejs.org/2015/05/08/next-chapter/)TJ is standing down from his role as Node lead and has also [left Joyent.](http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/08/node-lead-tj-fontaine-is-stepping-down-and-leaving-joyent-too/) The future is [a foundation leading things rather than an individual.](http://blog.nodejs.org/2015/05/08/transitions/) Jobs - [craigslist seeks JavaScript Developers (San Francisco, CA)](http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/eng/4919342771.html#?) CL seeks web devs with JavaScript, Node.js, CSS, and HTML experience to join a small (<50), tech-driven, laid-back workplace to design and ship new features daily, and see them loved (or hated) by millions. 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