Download Node.js 8.2.1

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 has released version 8.2.1 in the current branch with the following changes:

Version 8.2.1 – Notable changes

• http: Writes no longer abort if the Socket is missing.
• process, async_hooks: Avoid problems when triggerAsyncId is undefined.
• zlib: Streams no longer attempt to process data when destroyed.

Version 8.2.0 – Notable changes

• Async Hooks
  • Multiple improvements to Promise support in async_hooks have been made.
• build
  • The compiler version requirement to build Node with GCC has been raised to GCC 4.9.4.
• cluster
  • Users now have more fine-grained control over the inspector port used by individual cluster workers. Previously, cluster workers were restricted to incrementing from the master’s debug port.
• DNS
  • The server used for DNS queries can now use a custom port.
  • Support for dns.resolveAny() has been added.
• npm
  • The npm CLI has been updated to version 5.3.0. In particular, it now comes with the npx binary, which is also shipped with Node.