Node.js is a free software that empowers developers to build scalable and fast network programs.
Being based on Chrome's JavaScript runtime, Node.js is extremely efficient and lightweight, especially because it uses a non-blocking, event-driven I/O model.
Node.js is currently considered the top platform for running server-side JavaScript code, being used in production in big companies like Google, eBay, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Cloud9 and many more.
Node.js is a popular and cross-platform application that runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows operating systems.
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· Python
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Streams - Added base classes for Readable, Writable, Duplex, and Transform
· Streaming interfaces for Crypto API
· process: add getgroups(), setgroups(), initgroups()
· crypto: getHashes() getCiphers()
· http: add response.headersSent property
· events: 'removeListener' event
· setImmediate() and clearImmediate() functions
· string_decoder: the decoder.end() function was added