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Node.js

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Node.js
Original author(s)Ryan Dahl
Developer(s)Various
Initial releaseMay 27, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-05-27)[1]
Stable release
14.5.0 / June 30, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-06-30)[2]
Repository
Written inC, C++, JavaScript
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, IBM AIX[3]
TypeRuntime environment
LicenseMIT license[4][5]
Websitenodejs.org Edit this on Wikidata

Node.js is a runtime system used mostly for making server side applications[6] with JavaScript. It runs on the V8 JavaScript engine. It contains a package manager called NPM.[7]

References

  1. "node-v0.x-archive on GitHub". Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  2. "Node.js 14 ChangeLog". Retrieved 30 June 2020 – via GitHub.
  3. "nodejs/node". GitHub.
  4. "node/LICENSE at master". GitHub. Node.js Foundation. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  5. "The MIT License". Open Source Initiative. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  6. "Node.js Development".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "npm". www.npmjs.com. Retrieved 2021-04-07.