A list of where to make changes when upgrading Go and Node.js (#13693)

README.md

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 ### Dependencies
 
-- Go 1.11
+- Go (Latest Stable)
 - NodeJS LTS
 
 ### Building the backend

UPGRADING_DEPENDENCIES.md

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+# Guide to Upgrading Dependencies
+
+Upgrading Go or Node.js requires making changes in many different files. See below for a list and explanation for each.
+
+## Go
+
+- CircleCi
+- `grafana/build-container`
+- Appveyor
+- Dockerfile
+
+## Node.js
+
+- CircleCI
+- `grafana/build-container`
+- Appveyor
+- Dockerfile
+
+## Go Dependencies
+
+Updated using `dep`.
+
+- `Gopkg.toml`
+- `Gopkg.lock`
+
+## Node.js Dependencies
+
+Updated using `yarn`.
+
+- `package.json`
+
+## Where to make changes
+
+### CircleCI
+
+Our builds run on CircleCI through our build script.
+
+#### Files
+
+- `.circleci/config.yml`.
+
+#### Dependencies
+
+- nodejs
+- golang
+- grafana/build-container (our custom docker build container)
+
+### grafana/build-container
+
+The main build step (in CircleCI) is built using a custom build container that comes pre-baked with some of the neccesary dependencies.
+
+Link: [grafana-build-container](https://github.com/grafana/grafana-build-container)
+
+#### Dependencies
+
+- fpm
+- nodejs
+- golang
+- crosscompiling (several compilers)
+
+### Appveyor
+
+Master and release builds trigger test runs on Appveyors build environment so that tests will run on Windows.
+
+#### Files:
+
+- `appveyor.yml`
+
+#### Dependencies
+
+- nodejs
+- golang
+
+### Dockerfile
+
+There is a Docker build for Grafana in the root of the project that allows anyone to build Grafana just using Docker.
+
+#### Files
+
+- `Dockerfile`
+
+#### Dependencies
+
+- nodejs
+- golang
+
+### Local developer environments
+
+Please send out a notice in the grafana-dev slack channel when updating Go or Node.js to make it easier for everyone to update their local developer environments.

docs/sources/project/building_from_source.md

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 ## Dependencies
 
-- [Go 1.11](https://golang.org/dl/)
+- [Go (Latest Stable)](https://golang.org/dl/)
 - [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
 - [NodeJS LTS](https://nodejs.org/download/)
 - node-gyp is the Node.js native addon build tool and it requires extra dependencies: python 2.7, make and GCC. These are already installed for most Linux distros and MacOS. See the Building On Windows section or the [node-gyp installation instructions](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation) for more details.