This Week's Node News - Issue 68

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node weekly January 8, 2015  #68

IO.JS The State of ES6 on io.js One benefit of io.js’ (the new Node fork) policy of staying up to date with the Google V8 JavaScript engine is newly implemented ECMAScript 6 features can be used in your code sooner. Numerous features already work with io.js by default with no runtime flag required. JAKE VERBATEN Building High Quality Services At Uber with Node.js [video] A look at what it takes to take a Node-based app or service to production, including some tooling Uber has developed itself. FRONTEND MASTERS   SPONSORED Online/In-Person Workshop on React.js Learn the core aspects of React and dive into real-world use cases for React. Taught by Ryan Florence, creator of the React Router. Join us online or in-person February 13th! DAVID WELLS Serverside React Rendering: Isomorphic JavaScript with React and Node A tutorial, video (15 minutes), and demo of running the same code server and client side for rendering. UEI RICHO CGI-Node: Use Node.js through CGI Provides the ability to run JavaScript on (almost) any web server using a Node.js binary over CGI (in a similar style to PHP over CGI). It has its limitations but is an interesting proof of concept nonetheless. MARCELL SPIES node-build-monitor: A Node-based Multi-Service Build Monitor Supports Jenkins, Travis CI, Visual Studio Online, Team Foundation Server, and TeamCity. GARETH MARLAND GhostRunner: A JavaScript Task Server Install on a server and you get a web-based way to manage and run scripts on that server remotely. Jobs Senior Node.js Developer at Livestream (Brooklyn, NY) You would be working in a small team responsible for Livestream's REST API, fully written in Node.js, which powers an entire ecosystem of apps.  npm Inc is Looking for Summer 2015 Interns NPM INC In brief Announcing StrongLoop Arc: The First Complete API Lifecycle UI for Node.js NEWS TOOLS  STRONGLOOP DNA Analysis with Node.js TUTORIAL  ARVIND RAVULAVARU How to Install Node.js on the Raspberry Pi TUTORIAL  JUST-PLUG-IN Parse An XML Response With NodeJS TUTORIAL  NIC RABOY A Case Study in JavaScript Code Improvement    RAYMOND CAMDEN A Walkthrough of Deploying a Node.js App to Heroku VIDEO  CORY FORSYTH The Silent Syndrome in Node.js (and everywhere) VIDEO A talk about impostor syndrome.   LYDIA KATSAMBERIS Node.js Application Deployment & Hosting Simplified TOOLS SPONSORED Modulus provides a portable, scalable and customizable Node.js hosting platform. Try it for free now.   MODULUS Got: Simplified HTTP/HTTPS Requests CODE A nicer interface to the built-in http module.   SINDRE SORHUS Request API: NodeJS Request Library as an HTTP API CODE Hit up APIs over your API. Oh my.   FRANCOIS-GUILLAUME RIBREAU mysql-live-select: Events On Updated MySQL SELECT Result Sets CODE  BEN GREEN Morpheus: A React-based Isomorphic JS Web Publishing Platform CODE Built with React, express and browserify - it offers the speed of a single page application, but server side rendered on the first load.   ALESSANDRO ARNODO Node Algorithm Modules: Modules Implementing Comp Sci Concepts CODE  TEJAS MANOHAR hide-stack-frames-from: Eliminates Stack Trace Noise CODE Filters stack traces by npm package name thereby reducing stack track noise.   THAI PANGSAKULYANONT node-unused-deps: Report Unused Npm Packages in a Node Project CODE  MIREK RUSIN