Node.js 5.0 Released
I recently looked at using Node for a simple API backend. ES6 seems like it's not there yet, the stability of Node makes me wary. Constant changes seem exhausting to keep up with. For a simple microservice api you don't want to be upgrading it every 3 days. The continuous change doesn't make sense to me.  Trying to get up to speed on all the Node.js ecosystem feels exhausting, only to have it change a few weeks later. Maybe someone using this daily for real APIs could comment if this is the case for them?<p>I ended up opting for Flask and Python 3x instead, couldn't be happier.  I had my API up and running within a day with no prior knowledge of Flask and some Python on and off. I've been able to discuss and teach other team members on it who were also able to pick it up easily.