For anyone not in the JS/Node worlds, this is a significant release that people ...

For anyone not in the JS/Node worlds, this is a significant release that people are particularly excited about. It was also delayed somewhat due to wanting to align with V8 which should, however, be totally worth it :-)

Other relevant posts digging into new features include http://codingsans.com/blog/node-8 and https://blog.risingstack.com/important-features-fixes-node-j...