LoopBack 4 Developer Preview Release |New LoopBack Logo | More! 

We're excited to announce that the first Developer Preview release of LoopBack 4 is ready for you to test drive. Promoting Open-Source Solutions [View online]( DECEMBER 2017 NEWSLETTER [LoopBack 4 Developer Preview Release]( Back in April, we kicked off LoopBack 4 as the next major advance of the popular Node.js based open source API framework. The team has been working on the new code base since then. We're excited to announce that the first Developer Preview release of LoopBack 4 is ready for you to test drive. [Learn more]( [Writing LoopBack 4 Extensions]( LoopBack 4 extensibility makes writing extensions simpler than ever before. In this blog post, Taranveer Virk goes over writing an example log extension and deomnstrating how easy it is to do so. [Read more]( [Help Us Decide on a New LoopBack Logo]( As we prepare to launch the latest version of LoopBack, we are considering updating our LoopBack logo. We would like your feedback on some new logo and color palette options we have in mind. [Look at options]( [IBM API Connect Microgateway - Built on Node.js & Nginx]( The Microgateway is an developer-focused, extensible gateway framework written in Node.js for enforcing access to Microservices & APIs. The role of a Gateway in an API architecture is to protect, enrich and control access to API services. These sets of capabilities are often related to security and rate limiting, but it also includes the ability to do deeper message inspection. [Learn more]( [Upcoming Events]( - [Index San Francisco]( (San Francisco, CA) February 19-22, 2018 - [Think 2018]( (Las Vegas, NV) March 19-22, 2018 To see our full events listing, visit our [Events page](. What's Next? - Broadcast your Node.js and LoopBack skills on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter with [IBM Open Badges](. - Get started with [Open API Spec]( focused on creating, evolving and promoting a vendor-neutral API Description Format based on the Swagger Specification. - Look at [API Microgateway]( the developer-focused, extensible Node.js gateway framework for enforcing access to microservices and APIs. - Try out [LoopBack]( the highly-extensible, open-source Node.js framework. [Twitter]( [GitHub]( [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list]( Our mailing address is: StrongLoop 1001 E. Hillsdale Blvd. Suite 400Foster City, CA 94404 [Add us to your address book](//strongloop.us8.list-manage.com/vcard?u=fff96e3211df0eba0c4cbe647&id=5cdaff72d5) Copyright © 2017 StrongLoop, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up our newsletter or for a product, service, or promotion on StrongLoop.com.