Node.js Initial Release
Ryan Dahl publicly introduced Node.js, a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 engine, allowing JavaScript to run server-side.
Significance
This event laid the foundation for the entire Node.js ecosystem, creating the demand and environment for server-side JavaScript database abstractions like ORMs.
Key facts
- Date
- 2009-05-27
- Type
- release
- Location
- San Francisco, CA (JSConf US)