API changes between v0.6 and v0.8

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Deprecated:

• http.Client()
• path.{exists,existsSync} was moved to fs.{exists,existsSync}
• tty.setRawMode(mode) was moved to tty.ReadStream#setRawMode() (i.e. process.stdin.setRawMode())

Removed:

• waf build system - node.js will be using gyp now
• sys throws

Changed:

• cluster

  • cluster.fork() no longer return a child_process.fork() object use cluster.fork().process to get the object.
  • the 'exit' event is renamed to 'death'.
  • the kill() method is renamed to destroy().
  • the CLUSTER_WORKER_ID env is now called CLUSTER_UNIQUE_ID, but you should not have used that any way.

• http

  • http.Server emits 'connect' event instead of 'upgrade' when the CONNECT method is requested.
  • http.ServerResponse sends Date: header by default. You can disable it by setting response.sendDate to false.
  • http.ClientRequest emits 'connect' event instead of 'request' when the CONNECT method is responded.

• child_process

  • arguments and options arguments of child_process.fork() became an option.

• readline

  • arguments of rl.createInterface(input, output, completer) became an option as rl.createInterface(options)

Added:

• child_process

  • silent option to child_process.fork() - stdout and stderr won't be shared with parent.
  • .disconnect() when using child_process.fork() this will allow the child to die graceful.

• cluster

  • 'fork', 'online', 'listening', and 'setup' events.
  • Worker object which is provided from cluster.workers (in the master) or cluster.worker (in the worker).
  • env optional argument to cluster.fork().
  • cluster.setupMaster() and cluster.settings.

• crypto

  • crypto.getDiffieHellman().
  • cipher.setAutoPadding() and decipher.setAutoPadding().
  • ciphers option to crypto.createCredentials().

• fs

  • fs.appendFile() and fs.appendFileSync().
  • fs.exists() and fs.existsSync().
  • wx, wx+, ax, and ax+ modes to fs.open() and fs.openSync().

• http

  • callback optional argument to server.close().
  • sendDate property to http.ServerResponse.

• https

  • ciphers, rejectUnauthorized option to https.request() and https.get().

• net

  • net.connect(options, [connectionListener).
  • callback optional argument to server.close().

• process

  • process.abort().
  • process.hrtime(), hi-res timer with up to nanosecond granularity.

• querystring

  • querystring.parse(str, [sep], [eq], [options]).

• tls

  • tls.CLIENT_RENEG_LIMIT and tls.CLIENT_RENEG_WINDOW to mitigate session renegotiation attacks
  • tls.connect(options, [secureConnectionListener]).
  • ciphers, rejectUnauthorized and socket options to tls.connect().
  • cleartextStream.getCipher() was added in the api doc and open to the public.

• zlib

  • dictionary option.