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== History ==

[[File:Ryan Dahl.jpg|thumb|upright|Ryan Dahl, creator of Node.js]]

Node.js was originally written in 2009 by Ryan Dahl and other developers working at [[Joyent]],<ref name="b1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZH6bpbcrlvYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=nodejs&hl=en&sa=X#v=onepage&q=nodejs&f=false Professional Node.js: Building JavaScript Based Scalable Software], John Wiley & Sons, 01-Oct-2012</ref> The initial 2009 release supported only Linux. Its development and maintenance was led by Dahl and later sponsored by Joyent, the firm where Dahl worked.<ref name="readwrite"Google /><refGroups name="Node.jspost pushesby JavaScriptRyan toDahl theabout server-sideJoyent">{{cite web |url= httphttps://wwwgroups.sdtimesgoogle.com/NODE_JS_PUSHES_JAVASCRIPT_TO_THE_SERVER_SIDEforum/By_Alex_Handy#!topic/About_JAVASCRIPT_and_NODEJSnodejs/35668lWo0MbHZ6Tc|title= Node.jsJoyent pushesand JavaScript to the server-sideNode|author= AlexRyan HandyDahl|publisher= SDTimesGoogle Groups|date= 20112010-0611-2409|accessdate= 20112015-0902-0405}}</ref>

Dahl was inspired to create Node.js after seeing a file upload [[progress bar]] on [[Flickr]]. The browser did not know how much of the file had been uploaded and had to query the Web server. Dahl desired an easier way.<ref name="readwrite" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://devopsangle.com/2013/04/01/the-birth-of-node-where-did-it-come-from-creator-ryan-dahl-shares-the-history/|title=The Birth of Node: Where Did it Come From? Creator Ryan Dahl Shares the History|last=Harris|first=Amber|date=April 1, 2012|publisher=Devops Angle|accessdate=26 October 2013}}</ref>