README.md

   1 Evented I/O for V8 javascript. [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/joyent/node.png)](http://travis-ci.org/joyent/node)
   2 ===
   3
   4 ### To build:
   5
   6 Prerequisites (Unix only):
   7
   8     * GCC 4.2 or newer
   9     * Python 2.6 or 2.7
  10     * GNU Make 3.81 or newer
  11     * libexecinfo (FreeBSD and OpenBSD only)
  12
  13 Unix/Macintosh:
  14
  15     ./configure
  16     make
  17     make install
  18
  19 If your python binary is in a non-standard location or has a
  20 non-standard name, run the following instead:
  21
  22     export PYTHON=/path/to/python
  23     $PYTHON ./configure
  24     make
  25     make install
  26
  27 Windows:
  28
  29     vcbuild.bat
  30
  31 ### To run the tests:
  32
  33 Unix/Macintosh:
  34
  35     make test
  36
  37 Windows:
  38
  39     vcbuild.bat test
  40
  41 ### To build the documentation:
  42
  43     make doc
  44
  45 ### To read the documentation:
  46
  47     man doc/node.1
  48
  49 Resources for Newcomers
  50 ---
  51   - [The Wiki](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki)
  52   - [nodejs.org](http://nodejs.org/)
  53   - [how to install node.js and npm (node package manager)](http://joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/)
  54   - [list of modules](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules)
  55   - [searching the npm registry](http://npmjs.org/)
  56   - [list of companies and projects using node](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Projects,-Applications,-and-Companies-Using-Node)
  57   - [node.js mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs)
  58   - irc chatroom, [#node.js on freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=node.js&uio=d4)
  59   - [community](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Community)
  60   - [contributing](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Contributing)
  61   - [big list of all the helpful wiki pages](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/_pages)