Node Roundup
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Node 0.3.2 Released
Node 0.3.2 has been released. I’ve annotated the release notes with links to the relevant documentation:
- V8 3.0.3
- New TLS implementation
- New os and tty modules
- Callback parameters for stream.write and stream.connect
- DNS module now supports CNAME lookups
- cmake support
make lint- oprofile support, with
./configure --oprofile - Bug fixes, including fixes for
ChildProcess:Spawnmemory leak, global variable leaks - Deprecated
process.compile,process.ENV(Process API)
Kod
Kod by Rasmus Andersson is an editor for Mac OS that uses Node as the scripting language. The interface looks and behaves a lot like Google’s Chrome, and the editor and syntax highlighting are styled with CSS. It’s designed to be concurrent so the app should feel fast, and it’s built using Objective-C.
If you’re a Mac-based JavaScript developer, Kod might suit you. If you want to try it, register for a beta invite and take a look at this discussion: Kod Beta thread.
Node, USB, and Kinect
Schakko, who writes node-usb, has added node-usb-kinect.js which talks to Microsoft’s Kinect. So if you get one for Christmas and quickly tire of the boring arm-waving games, maybe you could hack it with Node!
