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Node.js community wiki

Introduction

Node.js is a server-side JavaScript environment that uses an asynchronous event-driven model. This allows Node.js to get excellent performance based on the architectures of many Internet applications.

Installation

The installation guide explains how to get started installing Node.js and the Node Package Manager (NPM) on your system.

FAQ

The FAQ answers common questions people have about Node.js.

Users

Come talk to us in the #node.js IRC channel on freenode.net or on the nodejs google group

Projects, Applications, and Companies using Node

Modules

Most modules are in the npm registry
There is also a list of modules on this wiki: Modules page.

Resources

Besides the documentation on the official site here are links to other resources.

Project Organization

Information about who runs the project

ChangeLog

Node releases a new version every one or two weeks. The official ChangeLog can always be found here

The ChangeLog is also mirrored on this wiki so that users can make notes about bugs or changes that didn’t make it into the official notes: wiki changelog

Contributing

See the Contributing page

API Documents

see the API Doc

Quick Success Guide

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