---
date: '2015-10-30T12:00:00.000Z'
category: weekly
title: Weekly Update - Oct 30th, 2015
layout: blog-post
author: 'Minwoo Jung (@jmwsoft)'
---

### Node.js News — October 30th

Node.js v5.0.0 (Current) is released

### Node.js v5.0.0 (Current) Releases

This week we have one release: [Node.js v5.0.0 (Current)](/blog/release/v5.0.0/). Complete changelog from previous releases can be found [on GitHub](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).

### Notable changes : v5.0.0 (Current)

- **v8**: _(Breaking)_ Upgraded to 4.6.85.25 from 4.5.103.35 (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#3351](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3351).
  - Implements the spread operator, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Spread_operator for further information.
- **npm**: Upgraded to version 3.3.6 from 2.14.7, see https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v3.3.6 for more details. This is a major version bump for npm and it has seen a significant amount of change. Please see the original [npm v3.0.0 release notes](https://github.com/npm/npm/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v300-2015-06-25) for a list of major changes (Rebecca Turner) [#3310](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3310).

### Node.js foundation is considering an iteration on the official logo

- [Please click here](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism/issues/179) to post images and ideas.
- The Marketing Committee will look over ideas at some point in the future and potentially select one or take some of the ideas/direction and handoff to a designer.
- Final logo will have to be approved by the Board of Directors.

### Community Updates

- [NodeSource - Need to Node Ep.3: Office Hours with Rod Vagg](https://vimeo.com/143308094), "Rod answers questions about the Node.js TSC, discusses what is happening with Node.js, provides updates on how the reconciliation of Node.js & io.js is going and outlines what's coming up next with Node.js."
- [Using Node.js for everything](https://codek.tv/2095), "Charlie Key, CEO at Modulus, covers how a fast-moving company can use Node.js and JavaScript for basically everything and succeed."
- [Node.js Security Checklist](https://blog.risingstack.com/node-js-security-checklist/), "checklist to help you guide through the must have security checks before your application is enabled to thousands of users/customers."
- [IBM acquires StrongLoop, helping clients extend their enterprise reach](http://www.thoughtsoncloud.com/2015/09/ibm-acquires-strongloop-helping-clients-extend-their-enterprise-reach/), "IBM announced that it acquired StrongLoop to help you accelerate your digital transformation."

If you have spotted or written something about Node.js, do come over to our [Evangelism team repo](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism) and suggest it on the [Issues page](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism/issues), specifically the Weekly Updates issue.

### Upcoming Events

- [NodeFest](http://nodefest.jp/2015/), November 7th at Tokyo, Japan
- [Node Knockout](http://www.nodeknockout.com/), November 7 - 8th, Worldwide
- [Node Girls London](https://nodegirls.typeform.com/to/atW4HR), November 7th at London, UK
- [Playnode](http://playnode.io/), November 12nd at Seoul, South Korea
- [Nodevember](http://nodevember.org/), November 14th - 15th at Nashville, Tennessee, US.
- [NodeConf Barcelona](https://ti.to/barcelonajs/nodeconf-barcelona-2015), November 21st at Barcelona, Spain
- [CampJS VI](http://vi.campjs.com), November 20 – 23th at Queensland, Australia
- [Node.js Interactive](http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/node-interactive), December 8-9th at Portland, US.

Have an event about Node.js coming up? You can put your events here through the [Evangelism team repo](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism) and announce it in the [Issues page](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism/issues), specifically the Weekly Updates issue.
