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|Name=node.js
 
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|Short description=Platform for building server-side network applications in JavaScript.
 
|Short description=Platform for building server-side network applications in JavaScript.
|Full description=Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
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|Full description=Node.js is a platform built on Google's V8 JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
 
|Homepage URL=http://nodejs.org/
 
|Homepage URL=http://nodejs.org/
 
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|Version status=stable
 
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|Version download=http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.22/node-v0.10.22.tar.gz
 
|Version download=http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.22/node-v0.10.22.tar.gz
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|Last review date=2013/12/06
 
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|License copyright=Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors. All rights reserved.
 
|License copyright=Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors. All rights reserved.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
 
deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
 
rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
 
sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 
  
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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|License verified date=2013/12/06
 
 
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
 
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
 
IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 
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|Programming-language=javascript
 
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Revision as of 16:38, 6 December 2013


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Node.js

https://nodejs.org/en/
Platform for building server-side network applications in JavaScript.

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Node.js' package ecosystem, npm, is the largest ecosystem of libraries in the world.





Licensing

License

Verified by

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Notes

License

Expat

Verified by

jgay

Verified on

6 December 2013




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Ryan Lienhart Dahl Original Author


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
NewsMailing Listhttp://groups.google.com/group/nodejs
Debian (Ref) (R)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/nodejs
HumorGeneralhttp://nodejsreactions.tumblr.com/
SourceVCS Repository Webviewhttps://github.com/nodejs/node
BugsBug Trackinghttps://github.com/nodejs/node/issues
Podcast ListenersGeneralhttp://nodeup.com/
UsersGeneralhttp://blog.nodejs.org/
UsersGeneral Subscribehttp://planetnodejs.com/
Python (Ref) (R)https://pypi.org/project/nodejs


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Required to uselibuv
Required to useV8




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