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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, ...

Node.JS is an incredibly powerful, simple and elegant engine to run event-driven server-side JavaScript, and it has been a catalyst for an enormous amount of fermentation in the server-side world ...

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 ...

What is the secret horror of working with NodeJS? Silverio: The secret horror of NodeJS being server-side JavaScript is that the two languages are the same, but the platforms are different. Running a ...

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.

Presto change-o, it was answering requests very quickly. [ Also on InfoWorld: “ JavaScript conquers the server ” | Node.js is an InfoWorld 2012 Technology of the Year Award Winner.