This article, “ Node.js tools: Server-side JavaScript comes of age,” originally appeared at InfoWorld.com. Follow the latest news in programming and open source at InfoWorld.com.

Not so long ago, the idea that JavaScript could become an important server-side language would've sounded downright silly. Thanks to Node.js, JavaScript has become a vital language not just for ...

For example, it was only in September that a Node.js server-side process could allocate more than 1GB of memory, because of limits in Google’s V8 JavaScript engine.” ...

During his keynote presentation at the event, Microsoft vice president Scott Guthrie emphasized Microsoft's support for the open source Node.js server-side JavaScript development environment.

As anyone who has programmed in JavaScript, and especially in asynchronous AJAX, knows, JS is extremely well suited to event-driven programming. Node.JS brilliantly combines packaging and an ...

Understanding the kind of back-end that supports a JavaScript front-end Server side developers who want to remain relevant in the world of front-end JavaScript need to understand the needs of the new ...

What is the secret horror of working with NodeJS? Silverio: The secret horror of NodeJS being server-side JavaScript is that the two languages are the same, but the platforms are different. Running a ...

1] Install NPM and Node.JS Node.js is a JavaScript runtime that lets developers run JavaScript outside of a browser, often for server-side applications.

Presto change-o, it was answering requests very quickly. [ Also on InfoWorld: “ JavaScript conquers the server ” | Node.js is an InfoWorld 2012 Technology of the Year Award Winner.