I’ve been very pleased by the comments I’ve received from people at the Enterprise Connect show this week in Orlando who have read the book. A couple of people mentioned they’ve bought it for the Kindle while at the show. And analyst Blair Pleasant mentioned the book a couple of…
Mar 02
Great (long!) Article on Node.js in The Register
What is Node.js all about? How did it come about? What prompted Ryan Dahl to create Node? What other languages did he try? Who are some of the companies using Node.js, and why? What does Google think about Node.js, given that they maintain the V8 …
Feb 27
Quick Way to See What Programming Languages Are Used on Github
Ever wonder what programming languages are the most popular? One way is to look at a programming community and see what is being used within that space. A large community right now in 2011 is the people using Github for git repositories (and I am one of those) and Github nicely provides a …
Feb 23
Upgraded Code.DanYork.Com to WordPress 3.1…
Tonight I just upgraded Code.DanYork.com to the shiny new WordPress 3.1… it’s the first of several sites I’ll be upgrading so this is mostly a test. If you see anything funky, please do let me know…. and, man, I keep loving what the WordPress community keeps on developing! Cool stuff!
Feb 22
Free eBook: Mastering Node.js (still a work-in-progress – and NEEDS YOUR HELP)
As I continue my own exploration of Node.js, I was pleased to see that a free eBook, Mastering Node.js, was available about Node.js from none other than TJ Holowaychuk, a big contributor to the Node.js community. You can get the current version of the book …
Feb 16
Follow The Tropo Blog To Learn About Developing For Voice, SMS, IM, Twitter…
Want to learn about how to build apps that interact with people via voice, text messaging / SMS, instant messaging and Twitter? Using languages like Ruby, python, PHP, Groovy and Node.js?
If so, check out the Tropo blog for some cool examples, tutorials and …
Feb 13
Nodester Node.js hosting service adds domain mapping, multiple module install
Chris Matthieu and DanBUK continue to iterate fast on their Nodester Node.js service. A bit ago they added a command-line interface to make apps even easier to deploy. The funky part was that to install a module for your Node.js app, …
Feb 12
Want to learn about Node.js? Excellent set of videos coming out of Node.js Camp
Interested in learning more about Node.js and the surrounding ecosystem of tools and modules? The folks over at Joyent have made available a set of videos covering the Node.js Camp that occurred December 14, 2010, in San Francisco. You can view them all at:
http://camp.nodejs.org/videos/
Nice range of topics… looks like a fun …
Feb 11
A Fascinating Exchange on Node.JS, Google’s V8… and Control
Back on Sunday, there was a fascinating exchange on blog sites about the tight linkage between Node.js and Google’s V8 JavaScript Engine. It started with Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz of Yahoo with his post:
Feb 10
Get the New Stable Release of Node.js (version 0.4.0) – Many Improvements, Features, Fixes
News out of the Node.js community today is the second stable release of Node.js, version 0.4.0. You can download it from the site or grab it from the Github repo. The Node.js Manual and Documentation has also been updated for version …
