Download Node.js 6.4.0

Node.js is open source and platform independent and is focused on developing server-side web applications. Those applications are written in JavaScript and run within the Node.js runtime on the server. It offers an event-driven environment where non-blocking I/O has been an important starting point. For more information, we refer you to this page. The development team has released version 6.4 and the main changes in it are listed below for you:

Notable changes

• build: zlib symbols and additional OpenSSL symbols are now exposed on Windows platforms. (Alex Hultman) #7983 and #7576
• child_process, cluster: Forked child processes and cluster workers now support stdio configuration. (Colin Ihrig) #7811 and #7838
• child_process: argv[0] can now be set to arbitrary values ​​in spawned processes. (Pat Pannuto) #7696
• fs: fs.ReadStream now exposes the number of bytes it has read so far. (Linus Unneback) #7942
• repl: The REPL now supports editor mode. (Prince J Wesley) #7275
• util: inspect() can now be configured globally using util.inspect.defaultOptions. (Roman Reiss) #8013