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|  | 1 | +--- | 
|  | 2 | +title: Weekly Update - Jan 11th, 2016 | 
|  | 3 | +author: Minwoo Jung (@jmwsoft) | 
|  | 4 | +date: 2016-01-11T12:00:00.000Z | 
|  | 5 | +status: publish | 
|  | 6 | +category: weekly | 
|  | 7 | +slug: weekly-update-2016-01-11 | 
|  | 8 | +layout: blog-post.hbs | 
|  | 9 | +--- | 
|  | 10 | + | 
|  | 11 | +### Node.js News | 
|  | 12 | +Node v5.4.0 (Stable) is released | 
|  | 13 | + | 
|  | 14 | +### Node v5.4.0 (Stable) Releases | 
|  | 15 | + | 
|  | 16 | +Last week we had one release: [Node v5.4.0 (Stable)](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v5.4.0/). Complete changelog from previous releases can be found [on GitHub](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md). | 
|  | 17 | + | 
|  | 18 | +### Notable changes | 
|  | 19 | + | 
|  | 20 | +* **http**: | 
|  | 21 | +  - A new status code was added: 451 - "Unavailable For Legal Reasons" (Max Barinov) [#4377](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4377). | 
|  | 22 | +  - Idle sockets that have been kept alive now handle errors (José F. Romaniello) [#4482](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4482). | 
|  | 23 | +* This release also includes several minor performance improvements: | 
|  | 24 | +  - **assert**: deepEqual is now speedier when comparing TypedArrays (Claudio Rodriguez) [#4330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4330). | 
|  | 25 | +  - **lib**: Use arrow functions instead of bind where possible (Minwoo Jung) [node#3622](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3622). | 
|  | 26 | +  - **node**: Improved accessor perf of `process.env` (Trevor Norris) [#3780](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780). | 
|  | 27 | +  - **node**: Improved performance of `process.hrtime()` (Trevor Norris) [#3780](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780), (Evan Lucas) [#4484](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4484). | 
|  | 28 | +  - **node**: Improved GetActiveHandles performance (Trevor Norris) [#3780](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780). | 
|  | 29 | +  - **util**: Use faster iteration in `util.format()` (Jackson Tian) [#3964](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3964). | 
|  | 30 | + | 
|  | 31 | +### Community Updates | 
|  | 32 | + | 
|  | 33 | +* [History of Node.js on a Timeline](https://blog.risingstack.com/history-of-node-js/), "This is the history of Node.js on a timeline, from 2009 until now (December 2015)" | 
|  | 34 | +* [What the web platform can learn from Node.js](https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2015/11/what-the-web-platform-can-learn-from-nodejs/), "Evolving the platform" | 
|  | 35 | + | 
|  | 36 | +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. | 
|  | 37 | + | 
|  | 38 | +### Upcoming Events | 
|  | 39 | + | 
|  | 40 | +* [NodeConf Adventure 2016](https://ti.to/nodeconf/adventure-2016), "First batch of NodeConf Adventure tickets are up!", June 9th–12th, 2016 - Walker Creek Ranch, Marin, CA, USA | 
|  | 41 | +* [NationJS Node Day Conference](http://nationjs.com/), TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW, March 11, 2016 - Washington, DC | 
|  | 42 | + | 
|  | 43 | +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/191), specifically the Weekly Updates issue. | 
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