Node.JS Top 10 Articles for the Past Month (v.Dec 2017)

For the past month, we’ve ranked nearly 900 Node.JS articles to pick the Top 10 stories that can help advance your career (1.1% chance).

• Topics in this list: The State of Node.JS, Face Recognition, Cost of Server Side Rendered React, Performance, Blockchain, Express, Async / Await, Microservices
• Node.JS previous month is: here
• JavaScript, React, Vue, Angular are published: in publication
• Node.JS open source of the month is included at the end.

Mybridge AI ranks articles based on the quality of content measured by our machine and a variety of human factors including engagement and popularity. This is a competitive list and you’ll find the experience and techniques shared by the experienced Node developers useful.

<Course of the Month>

No 1) Beginner

The complete Node.js Developer Course 2nd Edition: Learn Node.js by building real-world apps.

[50,159 recommends, 4.7/5 stars]

No 2) Node & SQL

Node, SQL, & PostgreSQL — Mastering Backend Web Development

[481 recommends, 4.5/5 stars]

Rank 1

The State of Node.js & JavaScript for Backend Development. Courtesy of Mathieu Dionne and Snipcart

Rank 2

Node.js + OpenCV for Face Recognition. Courtesy of Vincent Mühler

Rank 3

The Performance Cost of Server Side Rendered React on Node.js. Courtesy of Jani Tarvainen

Rank 4

Writing fast and safe native Node.js modules with Rust. Courtesy of Peteyycz and RisingStack

Rank 5

NodeJS blockchain implementation: BrewChain: Chain+WebSockets+HTTP Server. Courtesy of Darren Beck

Rank 6

Microservice Architecture: All the Best Practices You Need to Know. Courtesy of Tamas Torok at CodingSans

Rank 7

How to handle errors in Express. Courtesy of Gergely Nemeth

Rank 8

Putting the helmet on — Securing your Express app. Courtesy of Dominik Kundel

Rank 9

How I Got Into Node: Matteo Collina [Part I]. Courtesy of Matteo Collina and Node.js Foundation

………. [ Part II: Tierney Cyren ]

………. [ Part III: Rachel White ]

Rank 10

Async/await — A thorough example. Courtesy of Kostas Bariotis

<Open Source of the Month>

No 1) Remove files

Node-prune: A tool to remove unnecessary files from ./node_modules, such as markdown, typescript files

[3,028 stars on Github]

No 2) JSON Database

Lowdb: A small local JSON database powered by Lodash (supports Node, Electron and the browser)

[6,001 stars on Github]

No 3) Async / Await

Bent: Functional HTTP client for Node.js w/ async/await.

[348 stars on Github]

No 4) Bots

Bottender: Make Bots in Your Way, Fast and Flexibly

[1,815 stars on Github]

That’s it for Node.JS Monthly Top 10. If you like this curation, read best daily articles based on your programming skills on our iOS App.

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