Node.js---the popular open source tool for building and running websites and other online applications---is getting a new steward. Together with Microsoft, the Linux Foundation, IBM, PayPal, and ...

If you want to build lightweight, fast, REST APIs, or provide server support for AJAX-intense Rich Internet Applications such as Gmail, or develop scalable systems that can support thousands of ...

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Node.js is a lean, fast, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that is useful for both servers and desktop applications. Scalability, latency, and throughput are key performance indicators for ...

Node.js and JavaScript bring with them great power and performance, but at two costs. One is the relative newness of JavaScript as a general-purpose programming ...