Download Node.js 7.7.1

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 released version 7.7 a few days ago, and a major bug that it contained has been fixed with version 7.7.1.

Node v7.7.1 (Current)

Node.js 7.7.0 contains a bug that will prevent all native modules from building, this patch should fix the issue. Apologies to everyone who was affected by 7.7.0.

Node v7.7.0 – Notable changes

• child_process: spawnSync() exit code now is null when the child is killed via signal (cjihrig) #11288
• http: new functions to access the headers for an outgoing HTTP message (Brian White) #11562
• lib: deprecate node –debug at runtime (Josh Gavant) #11275
• tls: new tls.TLSSocket() supports sec ctx options (Sam Roberts) #11005
• url: adding URL.prototype.toJSON support (Michaël Zasso) #11236
• doc: items in the API documentation may now have changelogs (Anna Henningsen) #11489
• crypto: adding support for OPENSSL_CONF again (Sam Roberts) #11006
• src: adding support for trace-event tracing (misterpoe) #11106