Node's ecosystem is growing at an exponential rate, which is only natural when you start from scratch. Still, the plethora of Node-inspired tools amount to a diverse and sustainable infrastructure ...

Not so long ago, the idea that JavaScript could become an important server-side language would've sounded downright silly. Thanks to Node.js, JavaScript has become a vital language not just for ...

Microsoft and others have already adopted this technology to extend JavaScript beyond the browser. Still, software developers should beware the limits of Node.js.

Microsoft spotlighted the Windows Azure SDK for Node.js, which the company launched in December, with a demo at the recent Node Summit in San Francisco. During his keynote presentation at the event, ...

As anyone who has programmed in JavaScript, and especially in asynchronous AJAX, knows, JS is extremely well suited to event-driven programming. Node.JS brilliantly combines packaging and an ...

Understanding the kind of back-end that supports a JavaScript front-end Server side developers who want to remain relevant in the world of front-end JavaScript need to understand the needs of the new ...

The CTO of npm, the free package manager driving JavaScript, explains the perfect storm behind the catastrophic success of JavaScript and Node.JS.

1] Install NPM and Node.JS Node.js is a JavaScript runtime that lets developers run JavaScript outside of a browser, often for server-side applications.

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