Although it is just three years old, Node.js is gaining traction as an application development platform, letting developers extend JavaScript beyond the browser and into servers. But questions remain ...

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Redmonk’s annual programming language rankings – based on GitHub and StackOverflow traffic – were recently released and to no one’s surprise, JavaScript was ranked as the most popular programming ...

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Node.js takes asynchronicity to the extreme on the server, making it the perfect choice for I/O-heavy and highly concurrent applications This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network ...

Paving the way for more server-side use of JavaScript, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider Engine Yard has added the Node.js library to its collection of hosted Web application tools. The service, ...