Node v5.0.0 (Stable)

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Post by dannynemer » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 9:34 PM UTC

Node v5.0.0 (Stable)
nodejs.org

Re: Node v5.0.0 (Stable)

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Post by as1ndu » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 9:58 PM UTC

Now that Node is really moving fast. do you think the IO.js fork is still relevant?

Re: Node v5.0.0 (Stable)

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Post by maxharris » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 10:00 PM UTC

as1ndu wrote: post #2

Now that Node is really moving fast. do you think the IO.js fork is still relevant?

They merged back in May.

"io.js has merged with the Node.js project again.

There won't be any further separate io.js releases (except for critical security fixes). All of the features in io.js are available in Node.js v4 and above."

https://iojs.org/en/

Re: Node v5.0.0 (Stable)

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Post by EvanPlaice » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 11:15 PM UTC

What about the important question?

Where does v5 stand in terms of ES6/7 support?

http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/

Re: Node v5.0.0 (Stable)

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Post by cadecairos » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 11:34 PM UTC

EvanPlaice wrote: post #4

What about the important question? Where does v5 stand in terms of ES6/7 support? http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/

According to the changelog [1], the v8 version bump has provided the spread operator and new.target

1. https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v5.0.0/CHANGELOG.md