Node.js News — November 20th

Node.js v5.1.0 (Current) is released

Node.js v5.1.0 (Current) Releases

This week we have one release: Node.js v5.1.0 (Current). Complete changelog from previous releases can be found on GitHub.

Notable changes

• doc: All of the API docs have been re-ordered so as to read in alphabetical order (Tristian Flanagan) #3662.
• http_parser: update http-parser to 2.6.0 from 2.5.0 (James M Snell) #3569.
  • Now supports the following HTTP methods: LINK, UNLINK, BIND, REBIND, UNBIND.
  • Also added ACL and IPv6 Zone ID support.
• npm: upgrade npm to 3.3.12 from v3.3.6 (Rebecca Turner) #3685.
  • See the release notes for v3.3.7, v3.3.8, v3.3.9, v3.3.10, v3.3.11, and v3.3.12 for more details.

npm announces Private Packages for Organizations

• npm released a set of features: Private Packages for Organizations.
• This release allows teams to use private npm packages more effectively.
• It’s intended for businesses that manage developer teams, with varying permissions and multiple projects.

See http://blog.npmjs.org/post/133542170540/private-packages-for-organizations for more information.

Open-sourced Visual Studio Code is based on Node

• Microsoft has open-sourced Visual Studio Code and it's a lot of TypeScript and Node.
• Visual Studio Code is based on Electron, a framework which is used to deploy Node.js applications for the desktop running on Blink layout engine.

See https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode for more information.

NodeUp

• NodeUp 95: A Build/CI Show with Rod Vagg, Alexis Campailla, João Reis, and Hans Kristian Flaatten.

• Node Knockout, "Node Knockout winners have been announced."
• Introduction to Testing Node.js, "A video of Jordan Kasper how to test Node.js apps with Mocha."

If you have spotted or written something about Node.js, do come over to our Evangelism team repo and suggest it on the Issues page, specifically the Weekly Updates issue.

Upcoming Events

• NodeConf Barcelona, November 21st at Barcelona, Spain
• CampJS VI, November 20th – 23th at Queensland, Australia
• Node.js Interactive, December 8th - 9th at Portland, US.

Have an event about Node.js coming up? You can put your events here through the Evangelism team repo and announce it in the Issues page, specifically the Weekly Updates issue.