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     * Python 2.6 or 2.7
   9     * GNU Make 3.81 or newer
  10     * libexecinfo (FreeBSD and OpenBSD only)
  11
  12 Unix/Macintosh:
  13
  14     ./configure
  15     make
  16     make install
  17
  18 Windows:
  19
  20     vcbuild.bat
  21
  22 ### To run the tests:
  23
  24 Unix/Macintosh:
  25
  26     make test
  27
  28 Windows:
  29
  30     vcbuild.bat test
  31
  32 ### To build the documentation:
  33
  34     make doc
  35
  36 ### To read the documentation:
  37
  38     man doc/node.1
  39
  40 Resources for Newcomers
  41 ---
  42   - [The Wiki](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki)
  43   - [nodejs.org](http://nodejs.org/)
  44   - [how to install node.js and npm (node package manager)](http://joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/)
  45   - [list of modules](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules)
  46   - [searching the npm registry](http://search.npmjs.org/)
  47   - [list of companies and projects using node](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Projects,-Applications,-and-Companies-Using-Node)
  48   - [node.js mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs)
  49   - irc chatroom, [#node.js on freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=node.js&uio=d4)
  50   - [community](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Community)
  51   - [contributing](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Contributing)
  52   - [big list of all the helpful wiki pages](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/_pages)