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title: Weekly Update - Jan 11th, 2016
author: Minwoo Jung (@jmwsoft)
date: 2016-01-11T12:00:00.000Z
status: publish
category: weekly
slug: weekly-update-2016-01-11
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### Node.js News
Node v5.4.0 (Stable) is released
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This gives a feel that v5.4.0 got released on Jan 11th to me.


### Node v5.4.0 (Stable) Releases

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).

### Notable changes

* **http**:
- A new status code was added: 451 - "Unavailable For Legal Reasons" (Max Barinov) [#4377](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4377).
- Idle sockets that have been kept alive now handle errors (José F. Romaniello) [#4482](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4482).
* This release also includes several minor performance improvements:
- **assert**: deepEqual is now speedier when comparing TypedArrays (Claudio Rodriguez) [#4330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4330).
- **lib**: Use arrow functions instead of bind where possible (Minwoo Jung) [node#3622](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3622).
- **node**: Improved accessor perf of `process.env` (Trevor Norris) [#3780](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780).
- **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).
- **node**: Improved GetActiveHandles performance (Trevor Norris) [#3780](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780).
- **util**: Use faster iteration in `util.format()` (Jackson Tian) [#3964](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3964).

### Community Updates

* [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)"
* [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"

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

* [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
* [NationJS Node Day Conference](http://nationjs.com/), TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW, March 11, 2016 - Washington, DC

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.