io.js and the future of server side JavaScript
summary
Claims a concrete win: io.js attracted more active developers than node had in its entire history and later merges back into node, keeps V8 current and ships ES2015 features now. Explains the full contribution path with real tooling — spec → PR → landed — using GitHub, IRC, StackOverflow and V8/Bluebird tests. Shows a specific feature that was built and deployed: the unhandled rejection hook (400+ message discussion, implementation, landed), plus practical additions like a sync-IO detection flag and filesystem cleanups that actually fixed real bugs.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 0:35What io.js is
- 1:04io.js and NodeJS
- 12:22Promises
- 14:37The problem
- 14:59Finland
- 16:30Unhandled Rejection Detection
- 17:13Step 1
- 18:46Step 2
- 20:18Step 3
- 21:04It landed
- 21:49Late sync io flag
- 22:57'fs improvements
- 24:43Deprecation of fs.exists
