From 16e31c4e6269dc2d45f84443480549eeb9abbe1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Hultman Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:06:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b3704d0..8ce584e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,15 +7,19 @@ +### Outrun, everyone. +This project is not your typical "web framework" a la 500 lines of JavaScript and a fancy logo. You're looking at a 3-part software suite of ~7k lines of C & C++, working in unison with Google V8 to bring you one of the most memory scalable and performant I/O scriping environment available. -### For Node.js / NPM users -While not physically hosted by NPM, it's still possible to install using NPM tools like so ([npm docs](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install)): +[Read the Medium post](https://levelup.gitconnected.com/will-node-js-forever-be-the-sluggish-golang-f632130e5c7a) + +### No compiler needed. +We use AppVeyor & TravisCI to automatically pre-compile binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows with every push. New releases are tagged from branch `binaries` and can be installed [using NPM](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install) like so: ``` npm install uNetworking/uWebSockets.js#v15.1.0 ``` -This project is a Google V8 (Node.js or not) web server built to be efficient and stable. It makes use of µWebSockets, the C++ project, and exposes its features to JavaScript developers. This includes mainly Http & WebSockets, SSL and non-SSL. Prominent users include bitfinex.com, they run ther trading APIs on this server. +where `v15.1.0` is the particular Git tag you wanted to use. ##### In a nutshell ```javascript