Evented I/O for V8 javascript. To build: ./configure make make install ldid -S /usr/bin/node To run the tests: make test To build the documentation: make doc To read the documentation: man doc/node.1 Resources for Newcomers The Wiki nodejs.org how to install node.js and npm (node package manager) list of modules list of companies and projects using node node.js mailing list irc chatroom, #node.js on freenode.net community contributing big list of all the helpful wiki pages