4. NodeJS
⢠Built on V8 engine
⢠Run JavaScript outside of browser
⢠Fast, non-blocking / asynchronous,
lightweight
⢠It's JavaScript, for realz!
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6. npm - Package Manager for Node
⢠Super easy
⢠Search, install and update packages
⢠http://npmjs.org/
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8. Getting Started
⢠git clone https://github.com/visionmedia/n.git
⢠cd n
⢠sudo make install
⢠sudo n stable
Latest versions of node come with npm, if you are having issues you can try
⢠curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh
* note: ideally its best not to use `sudo` so cavalier, there are alternative methods, but this is simple.