New io.js Features You May Not Be Using

The io.js project has grown up incredibly fast, invigorating the Node ecosystem. In its short existence, io.js has brought a host of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and new features. If you haven’t kept up with the activity, don’t fear. This article aims to summarize the highlights to get you up to speed. We will tackle features introduced from oldest to newest with examples and relevant documentation where applicable. Following each feature description will be the version it was first introduced in. All the code samples will use stable ES6 features available in io.js. Speaking of that…