Microsoft and others have already adopted this technology to extend JavaScript beyond the browser. Still, software developers should beware the limits of Node.js.

The story of Node.js reads like it came from a Hollywood script assembly line: Some kids are monkeying around with scrap they picked up around the Internet and find a new way to snap it together. The ...

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Online payment service PayPal says swapping Java for node.js on its servers is allowing it to serve web pages more rapidly and simplifying the creation of server-side software. PayPal has moved from ...

When improving the performance of web based applications, finding and solving JavaScript and Java performance issues can have the biggest overall impact.

For server side developers, the idea of building an application mostly in JavaScript may seem pretty foreign. However, this appears to be a burgeoning trend on the client side. More and more ...

That’s where Proxino comes in. Developers pass their JavaScript application’s through Proxino’s proxy server, which automatically wraps each part of the application with code that generates ...