Download Node.js 8.5.0

Node.js is open source and platform independent, and is focused on developing server-side web applications. Those applications are written in Javascript and run within the Node.js runtime on the server. It offers an event-driven environment where non-blocking I/O has been an important starting point. For more information, we refer you to this page. The development team has released version 8.5.0 and the main improvements made to it are listed below:

build

• Snapshots are now re-enabled in V8 #14875

console

• Implement minimal console.group(). #14910

deps

• upgrade libuv to 1.14.1 #14866
• update nghttp2 to v1.25.0 #14955

dns

• Add verbatim option to dns.lookup(). When true, results from the DNS resolver are passed on as-is, without the reshuffling that Node.js otherwise does that puts IPv4 addresses before IPv6 addresses. #14731

fs

• add fs.copyFile and fs.copyFileSync which allows for more efficient copying of files. #15034

inspector

• Enable async stack traces #13870

module

• Add support for ESM. This is currently behind the –experimental-modules flag and requires the .mjs extension. node –experimental-modules index.mjs #14369

napi

• implement promise #14365

os

• Add support for CIDR notation to the output of the networkInterfaces() method. #14307

perf_hooks

• An initial implementation of the Performance Timing API for Node.js. This is the same Performance Timing API implemented by modern browsers with a number of Node.js specific properties. The User Timing mark() and measure() APIs are implemented. #14680

tls

• multiple PFX in createSecureContext #14793

Added new collaborators

• BridgeAR – Ruben Bridgewater