Troy Topnik

Troy Topnik is a technical writer and sales engineer at ActiveState Software. He has been supporting, using, and writing about dynamic languages since 2001. Troy has a Bachelor of Music from the University of Victoria.

The secrets of Node's success

Why Node.js has caught on while other server-side JavaScript implementations faltered.

What is it about Node.js that makes it interesting to developers? The key factors are performance, timing, and focusing on a real problem that wasn't easily solved with other server-side dynamic languages.

The secrets of Node’s success

Why Node.js has caught on while other server-side JavaScript implementations faltered.

What is it about Node.js that makes it interesting to developers? The key factors are performance, timing, and focusing on a real problem that wasn't easily solved with other server-side dynamic languages.