2. What is Node.js?
• A Very Fast Asynchronous Event Driven Server
• Runs On Top of Google’s V8 Javascript Engine
• You Write Server Code In Javascript (Yay!)
• One Of The Fastest Growing Open Source Projects
10. Current Status
• Current Stable Version is v0.4.10 (Aug. 4th, 2011)
• Current Not-Stable Version is v0.5.3 (Aug. 4th, 2011)
• Moving to v0.6 in ~4 weeks (Stable Windows Support)
• Moving to v1.0 around end of 2011 (Speedy Windows & Unix Support)
11. Places To Get You Up And Running
• http://nodejs.org/
• http://howtonode.org/
• http://nodetuts.com/
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2353818/how-do-i-get-started-
with-nodejs
• http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs
• IRC #node.js on freenode
• I will be blogging at http://blog.erickryski.com