Are old books and articles on node.js up to date?

Question

Node.js

Now I am writing in php. I decided to learn the node.
I found 2 books "Node.js in action" and "Technology Guide" and a couple of lessons from 3-5 years ago.
I know that the php books of 2010 are still relevant (with the exception of a couple of points).
Is it the same situation on node.js? Can you safely take old textbooks to get to the point?

Answer 1

2010? Well, backwards compatibility is of course preserved to a certain extent. But, for example, npm now works a little differently. There are many built-in modules. Many libraries are outdated, they are no longer needed, the API has changed. Many things can now be made easier thanks to ES2015.
To be honest, nodejs has been revolutionized in these 6 years. You can extract useful information, but you will get bumps trying to understand why the book does not work.