Top "V8" questions

V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine.

When to use next() and return next() in Node.js

Scenario: Consider the following is the part of code from a node web app. app.get('/users/:id?', …

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Loading Node.js modules dynamically based on route

I'm doing a project in Node.js using express. Here's my directory structure: root |-start.js |-server.js |-lib/ | api/ | …

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What are the differences between Long Term Support (LTS) and Stable versions of Node.js?

Originally asked: What is the difference between Node.js 4.x branch with LTS (Long Term Support) and the 5.x branch (…

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nodejs out of memory

I came across a curious issue today. This may be an easy answer for others, but it has me stumped. …

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ECMAScript 6 features available in Node.js 0.12

A new stable release of Node.js (0.12) has landed recently with an upgraded Google's v8 JavaScript engine, v3.28.73. What ECMAScript 6 …

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`gem install therubyracer` fails on Mac OS X Lion

I would appreciate some help in getting gem install therubyracer to work. Here is the error: $ gem install therubyracer Building …

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node.js in Eclipse - which plugin(s) are most people using?

I'm mostly interested in server-side web development, though being able to redeploy some bits in Chrome would be nice. I …

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What is the performance of Objects/Arrays in JavaScript? (specifically for Google V8)

Performance associated with Arrays and Objects in JavaScript (especially Google V8) would be very interesting to document. I find no …

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Configuring v8's memory management to be smart for a node.js process

We run an XMPP server on node.js, on a machine with around 3.8 GB RAM. Here are the command line …

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What do the return values of node.js process.memoryUsage() stand for?

From the official documentation (source): process.memoryUsage() Returns an object describing the memory usage of the Node process measured in …

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