This Week's Node News - Issue 71

node weekly January 29, 2015  #71

STRONGLOOP Announcing the Official Node.js Connector for the Oracle Database by Oracle node-oracledb is an Oracle database driver for Node, direct from Oracle itself. PHUSION Passenger-docker: Easily Make Docker Containers for Your Node.js Web Apps Passenger-docker is a Docker image meant to serve as a good base for Ruby, Python, Node.js and Meteor app images. STORMPATH   SPONSORED Easy Authentication & User Management for Express Apps Thousands of applications use Stormpath for user management -- from login screens to schemaless user data to password security, we’ve built all the user things for you. NODE.JS BLOG Node v0.10.36 (Stable) Released A minor update with openssl updated, and two v8 bugs fixed. MIKEAL ROGERS The State of io.js A brief update on the runaway success of the io.js Node fork so far. BEN STRAHAN Getting Started with Meteor.js A list of technologies, learning resources, libraries, packages and more, all related to getting going with the popular framework. Jobs Experienced Node developers are in-demand. Apply once & get 5+ job offers in 1 week on Hired. Join today! HIRED.COM Software Engineers at Skyscanner (remote – with 20% of time in Edinburgh, Scotland) Comfortable with client MVC frameworks and have a strong grasp of modern client toolsets? Come and help us craft new products and services for Skyscanner’s 200 million visitors a year. SKYSCANNER In brief io.js Node Fork Now Available On Heroku NEWS  HEROKU ArangoDB in 10 Minutes: A Node.js Tutorial TUTORIAL  A NodeJS Recipe for Automating JavaScript Profiling in Chrome CODE  PAUL IRISH json-schema-benchmark: Benchmarks for Node.js JSON-Schema Validators CODE  ALLAN EBDRUP shipit: A Universal Automation and Deployment Tool Written in JavaScript TOOLS An automation engine and a deployment tool written as a Capistrano alternative for people who don’t know Ruby.   SHIPIT Monitor Node.js performance in real time TOOLS SPONSORED Monitor comprehensive real-time performance metrics —from your Node.js application to the OS.  APPDYNAMICS Mozaïk: A Node, React and Stylus-based Tool for Crafting Beautiful Dashboards CODE TOOLS  RAPHAËL BENITTE 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 Sane Stack: A JavaScript Stack based on Sails and Ember CODE  SANESTACK cheerio: jQuery for the Server CODE Tiny, fast, and elegant implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server.   NPMJS.COM ttsmp3: Node.js Script to Download Text-to-Speech MP3 Files CODE  AARON LANDIS rainbird-neo4j: A Thin Wrapper Around the Neo4j REST Interface CODE  RAINBIRD TECHNOLOGIES node-regedit: Read and Write to the Windows Registry from Node CODE  IRONSOURCE TreeQL: JSON Query and Mutation Library CODE  ANDREI GHEORGHE drive-db: A Google Drive Spreadsheet Simple Database (Node module) CODE  FRANCISCO PRESENCIA Elasto: A Simple Library to Query ElasticSearch CODE  STREETHUB