README.md

Evented I/O for V8 javascript.

To build:

Unix/Macintosh. Requires python 2.6 or 2.7 and GNU make 3.81 or newer:

./configure
make
make install

Windows:

vcbuild.bat

To run the tests:

Unix/Macintosh:

make test

Windows:

vcbuild.bat test

To build the documentation:

make doc

To read the documentation:

man doc/node.1

Resources for Newcomers

• The Wiki
• nodejs.org
• how to install node.js and npm (node package manager)
• list of modules
• searching the npm registry
• list of companies and projects using node
• node.js mailing list
• irc chatroom, #node.js on freenode.net
• community
• contributing
• big list of all the helpful wiki pages