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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-joyent-deliver-first-stable-build-of-nodejs-on-windows/11178 On November 7, via a post on the Microsoft Interoperability Blog, Microsoft officials announced the pair had their “first stable build” running. Node.js a command line tool that lets developers run JavaScript programs by typing ‘node my_app.js.” Node provides a JavaScript application programming interface (API) for accessing the network and file system, and is particularly suited for the development of scalable networked programs where low response times and high concurrency are important. Currently, to use Node.js on Windows, developers need to run a virtual machine with Linux. Microsoft and Joyent said their plan is to create an official binary node.exe release on Nodejs.org, “which will work on Windows Azure and other Windows versions as far back as (Windows Server) 2003.” The pair declined to provide a timetable as when they expected to realize that goal. On November 7, Microsoft execs announced the completion of v0.6.0 – “which is the first official stable build that includes Windows support.” According to the November 7 post by Claudio Caldato, Microsoft Principal Program Manager, Interoperability Strategy Team, “(W)hile we were busy making the core Node.js runtime run on Windows, the Azure team was working on iisnode to enable Node.js to be hosted in IIS. Among other significant benefits, Windows native support gave Node.js significant performane improvements.” |
