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Node.js is a platform for doing network applications using [[JavaScript]] on the client and server. Basically, it's like an Apache web server, written in C, and using the Chrome browser's JavaScript engine. The community is well-developed and there are many pre-written 'modules'. [[wp:Node.js]]

Node.js is a platform for doing network applications using [[JavaScript]] on the client and server. Basically, it's like an Apache web server, written in C, and using the Chrome browser's JavaScript engine. The community is well-developed and there are many pre-written 'modules'. See the [[wp:Node.js|wikipedia article]] for more.

== Links ==

* [http://nodejs.org/ Node.js official website]

* [http://nodejs.org/api/index.html Node.js API docs]

* [http://npmjs.org/ npm] - the official package manager for Node.js

* [https://github.com/creationix/nvm nvm] - Node Version Manager. A bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions. Although the packaged node.js for Ubuntu 12.04 is rather old, nvm allows you to instantly use the newest version; and use multiple versions (if your projects have certain dependencies) without problem.

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* [http://eirikb.github.io/nipster/ nipster] search for npm modules

When doing nodejs development, you may also wish to employ '~~<nowiki>~~[http://gruntjs.com/ Grunt]~~</nowiki>~~' which is a task runner for performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc.[[Category:JavaScript]]

== See Also ==

When doing nodejs development, you may also wish to employ '[[http://gruntjs.com/ Grunt]]' which is a task runner for performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc.

The people of Node (e.g. [[https://github.com/mikeal Mikeal Rogers]]) are doing a lot of interesting things. Like [[http://jsfest.com/ JSFest]] which happened in SanFrancisco 2014, or Node school.

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-Node.js is a platform for doing network applications using [[JavaScript]] on the client and server.  Basically, it's like an Apache web server, written in C, and using the Chrome browser's JavaScript engine.  The community is well-developed and there are many pre-written 'modules'. [[wp:Node.js]]
+Node.js is a platform for doing network applications using [[JavaScript]] on the client and server.  Basically, it's like an Apache web server, written in C, and using the Chrome browser's JavaScript engine.  The community is well-developed and there are many pre-written 'modules'. See the [[wp:Node.js|wikipedia article]] for more.
+== Links ==
 * [http://nodejs.org/ Node.js official website]
 * [http://nodejs.org/api/index.html Node.js API docs]
 * [http://npmjs.org/ npm] - the official package manager for Node.js
 * [https://github.com/creationix/nvm nvm] - Node Version Manager.  A bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions.  Although the packaged node.js for Ubuntu 12.04 is rather old, nvm allows you to instantly use the newest version; and use multiple versions (if your projects have certain dependencies) without problem.
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 * [http://eirikb.github.io/nipster/ nipster] search for npm modules
-When doing nodejs development, you may also wish to employ '<nowiki>[http://gruntjs.com/ Grunt]</nowiki>' which is a task runner for performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc.[[Category:JavaScript]]
+== See Also ==
+When doing nodejs development, you may also wish to employ '[[http://gruntjs.com/ Grunt]]' which is a task runner for performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc.
+The people of Node (e.g. [[https://github.com/mikeal Mikeal Rogers]]) are doing a lot of interesting things.  Like [[http://jsfest.com/ JSFest]] which happened in SanFrancisco 2014, or Node school.
+[[Category:JavaScript]]