[Aslug] node.js links

[Dennis J]

Folks,

Links for topic on node.js referred to tonight.

The Node Ahead: JavaScript leaps from browser into future
Google V8 engine spawns server world doppelgänger

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/01/the_rise_and_rise_of_node_dot_js/

Node.js is an event-driven I/O framework for the V8 JavaScript engine on 
Unix-like platforms. It is intended for writing scalable network 
programs such as web servers.

Node.js is similar in purpose to Twisted for Python, Perl Object 
Environment for Perl, and EventMachine for Ruby. Unlike most JavaScript, 
it is not executed in a web browser, but it is rather related to 
server-side JavaScript.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js

Dennis