This Week's Node and io.js News - Issue 76

This week's Node and io.js news

node weekly March 5, 2015  #76

JACK FRANKLIN Writing Command Line Tools with Node A quick look at building a simple command line tool with Node using modern practices. HUENIVERSE The Node Version Dilemma We have Node 0.12, 0.10, io.js, JXcore.. what should we use? 0.10 is the safe bet for now says Eran Hammer and, controversially, ‘0.12 is DOA’. SEMAPHORE   SPONSORED Semaphore CI is free for open source and private projects Test and deploy your projects directly from GitHub or Bitbucket with zero setup, fast execution, and expert support. Join GitLab, 500px and many more organizations who have improved their productivity with Semaphore. PHUSION What's New in Passenger 5 Part 1: Performance and HTTP JSON API What’s new in the Ruby, Node.js and Python app server. Much improved performance for starters. BEN NADEL Shedding The Monolithic Application with AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS) and Node.js An article coupled with an 8 minute video showing how to use a message queue to break apps into asynchronous components. NPM The npm Roadmap A look at what’s coming up for the package manager we’re all using. IO.JS io.js 1.4.3 Released The io.js releases keep coming, this time adding the beginnings of ARMv8 / ARM64 support. Jobs Senior Node.js Developer at digital currency / Bitcoin startup Circle 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. CIRCLE Whether you're looking for a new job or testing the water, Hired is there for you. In 1 week you'll get 5+ offers from top tech companies around the US and UK. Want to learn more? Check out Hired today! HIRED.COM In brief ARM Offers Support for io.js On ARMv8 NEWS  IO.JS How To Create an Node.js App Using Sails.js on an Ubuntu VPS TUTORIAL  DIGITALOCEAN Reloading Node with No Downtime TUTORIAL  JOSÉ F. ROMANIELLO Building a Node-Webkit, WebRTC and Angular-based Video Chat Client TUTORIAL  ARVIND RAVULAVARU Making a Tessel-Powered Plant Watering System with JavaScript TUTORIAL  MAX OGDEN Stop Worrying About Deploying Your Node.js App TOOLS Modulus is the easiest Node.js platform to get your application to market in minutes. Start for free.  MODULUS   SPONSORED How to Use NVM to Install Multiple Node Versions VIDEO  PEDRO TEIXEIRA Building Realtime Applications Just Got Easy: A Screencast VIDEO 25 minutes long and leaning on RethinkDB, Node/io.js, Koajs, Socket.io, and Angular.   JAMES MOORE Node.js in the Enterprise: Building Infrastructure    IMRE FAZEKAS exceljs: Read, Manipulate and Write Spreadsheet Data and Styles to XLSX and JSON CODE  GUYONROCHE Wallaby.js: An Intelligent Test Runner for node.js and io.js CODE Wallaby.js runs tests as you type and displays results (including code coverage) right in your code editor.  WALLABY   SPONSORED Chalk 1.0.0: A Module for Colorizing Terminal Output CODE Used by around 3000 npm packages to do text styling on the terminal.   SINDRE SORHUS A Node.js IoT Host on Heroku: The Simplest Thing that Might Possibly Work CODE  REID CARLBERG fuzzysearch: Fuzzy Search in JavaScript CODE Allows for flexibly matching a string with partial input.   NICOLAS BEVACQUA Parse5: WHATWG HTML5-Compliant HTML Parsing/Serialization Toolset for Node CODE  IVAN NIKULIN Node Rules: A Business Rules Engine CODE  MITHUN SATHEESH SqlPad: A Web App for Running SQL Queries and Visualizing The Results CODE Written in Node.   RICK BERGFALK LokiJS: A Fast, Lightweight JavaScript In-Memory Database CODE  TECHFORT