Node.js Initial Release
Ryan Dahl publicly introduced Node.js, a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 engine, allowing developers to write server-side applications in JavaScript.
Significance
This event created the ecosystem and the fundamental need for a package manager like npm, as developers quickly adopted Node.js but lacked tools for module management.
Key facts
- Date
- 2009-05-27
- Type
- release
- Location
- San Francisco, USA (JSConf EU 2009 presentation by Ryan Dahl)