{"id":4561,"date":"2017-03-29T03:15:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T07:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=4561"},"modified":"2017-03-29T03:15:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T07:15:33","slug":"node-v7-8-0-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/node-v7-8-0-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Node v7.8.0 Release is now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Node v7.8.0 (current) release has been announced for general availability. It is available for immediate download and update through the official avenues.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This update comes with a modest number of bug fixes and improvements over the previous versions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/node-js\/\">Node.Js<\/a> is a free and <a href=\"\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/open-source\/\">open source<\/a> JavaScript runtime built on Google Chrome\u2019s V8 <a href=\"\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/javascript\/\">JavaScript<\/a> engine which uses an event driven, non-blocking I\/O model.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights of the new Node v7.8.0 (Current) Release<\/h2>\n<p>Under crypto, there was a memory leak when a certificate was revoked. That has been fixed now. Under the readline module there is a new option that stops duplicates in history.<\/p>\n<p>Under buffer there was a segfault on out-of-range indexes that has now been fixed. Within the dependencies npm has been upgraded to version 4.2.0. There is also a fix in async within the <a href=\"\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/v8\/\">V8 engine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Node is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms for <a href=\"\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/windows\/\">Windows<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/os-x\/\">macOS<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/linux\/\">Linux<\/a>, SunOS and AIX (64-bit) among others. Node can also be downloaded in source form.<\/p>\n<p>You can visit the official release page to <a href=\"https:\/\/nodejs.org\/en\/blog\/release\/v7.8.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more<\/a> about the updates within this new version. You can also download the runtime from the same page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Node v7.8.0 (current) release has been announced for general availability. 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