Recently I found myself researching for ways to run an async function in the main thread in a blocking and synchronous fashion. (more…)

Most of Node’s objects — like HTTP requests, responses, and streams — implement the EventEmitter module so they can provide a way to emit… (more…)

With the advent of Node.js, JavaScript found its way into the server. Zell Liew shares 20 things to consider when creating your first Node app. (more…)

Asynchronous programming is difficult to wrap your mind around: threads, semaphores, and deadlocks, oh my! On one hand, Node.js makes this a whole lot easier: no locking or mid-execution interruptions. But its event loop is foreign territory. Let’s explo... (more…)

Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. (more…)