The most important Node.js updates, projects & tutorials from this week:
* Re-thinking the Node.js ecosystem for modern JavaScript
* What's new in Node.js 8.5?
* Using ES modules natively in Node.js
* How To Combine a NodeJS Back End with a ReactJS Front End App
* Understanding & Measuring HTTP Timings with Node.js
* Building a crude Node.js from scratch
* Securing Node.js RESTful APIs with JSON Web Tokens
* ES2017's async/await is the best thing to ever happen to JavaScript