Mikeal Rogers, Alex Sexton, and Jessica Lord talk with James Snell (Node.js TSC Director) about the release of Node.js version 8. Then, in the second half of the show, we discuss Glitch and their new “raise your hand” feature and building a community around education. Our project of the week is Tad!

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Featuring

• James Snell – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Mikeal Rogers – Twitter, GitHub
• Alex Sexton – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jessica Lord – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Notes and Links

Node v8.0.0

• Node v8.0.0 (Current)
• What’s New in Node 8
• Node.js 8: Big Improvements for the Debugging and Native Module Ecosystem
• Upgrading from Node 6 to Node 8: a real-world performance comparison
• Node.js 8: The First Week

Glitch - “raise your hand” feature

• Just raise your hand: How Glitch helps

Project of the Week

• Tad