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Node.js was originally written in 2009 by Ryan Dahl. The initial release supported only Linux. Its development and maintenance was led by Dahl and later sponsored by Joyent.<ref name="Google Groups post by Ryan Dahl about Joyent">{{cite web |url= https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nodejs/lWo0MbHZ6Tc|title= Joyent and Node|author= Ryan Dahl|publisher= Google Groups|date= 2010-11-09|accessdate= 2015-02-05}}</ref>
Dahl was inspired to create Node.js<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.konstantinfo.com/blog/node-js-real-time-applications/|title=Node.js Real Time Applications|publisher=Konstantinfo|accessdate=2013-08-08}}</ref> 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>
The project was demonstrated at the inaugural European JSConf on November 8, 2009.<ref name="b3">[https://books.google.com/books?id=KGt-FxUEj48C&pg=PT24&dq=nodejs&hl=en&sa=X#v=onepage&q=nodejs&f=false Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours], Sams Publishing, 05-Sep-2012</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jsconf.eu/2009/speaker/speakers_selected.html|title=Ryan Dahl at JSConf EU 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztspvPYybIY|title=Ryan Dahl at JSConf EU 2009 Video}}</ref> Dahl presented Node.js, which combined [[Google]]'s V8 JavaScript engine, an [[event loop]] and a low-level [[Input/output|I/O]] [[Application programming interface|API]].<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 project received a [[standing ovation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsconf.eu/2009/video_nodejs_by_ryan_dahl.html|title=Video: Node.js by Ryan Dahl|publisher=}}</ref>
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