Node has traditionally been focused on Google's V8 JavaScript engine, but adding ChakraCore support will allow developers to target more platforms Microsoft on Tuesday submitted a pull request to ...

And while Node.js is still early in its adoption lifecycle, JavaScript’s transition from the browser to the server is sure to accelerate. After all, its prospects are impressive.

Paving the way for more server-side use of JavaScript, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider Engine Yard has added the Node.js library to its collection of hosted Web application tools.

Node.js takes asynchronicity to the extreme on the server, making it the perfect choice for I/O-heavy and highly concurrent applications This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network ...