| • The importance of Node to Microsoft | |
| • VM neutrality and its benefits for developers | |
| • Chakra and ChakraCore: a high-performance JavaScript engine and its relationship to Node | |
| • Why Microsoft forked Node and created ChakraCore | |
| • IBM's involvement with Microsoft in promoting Node with VM neutrality | |
| • ChakraCore is the core part of the Chakra JavaScript engine | |
| • Chakra engine powers Edge browser and Windows 10 | |
| • ChakraCore is cross-platform and open source | |
| • Open sourcing ChakraCore allowed for community engagement, innovation, and growth | |
| • The decision to open source was motivated by a desire to help the community, allow developers to use the technology, and reach a wider audience | |
| • Technical steps to open source were minimal due to existing work on modern hosting API and supporting Windows 10 IoT platform | |
| • Chakra is used in various Microsoft products including Azure DocumentDB, Outlook.com, and others | |
| • Future plans include taking Chakra cross-platform | |
| • Chakra engine available on Linux and Ubuntu x64 versions, with a Mac OS X preview | |
| • Goal of parity between Windows and other platforms for functionality, performance, and characteristics | |
| • Time-travel debugging innovation being developed in collaboration with Microsoft Research | |
| • Open sourcing of ChakraCore code on GitHub, with MIT license and open documentation | |
| • Community involvement encouraged through GitHub issues, roadmap transparency, and contribution opportunities | |
| • Cross-platform development efforts for Node ChakraCore and Nappy (Node.js API) layer stability guarantee | |
| • Ways to get involved: try new technology, file issues, report problems, contribute code, or join the API Working Group | |
| • Node Core project and API Working Group discussed | |
| • Nappy (N-API) project mentioned, goal is to create stable Node API for module developers | |
| • Need community help to convert native modules onto new API | |
| • VM neutrality and its importance | |
| • Microsoft's involvement in Node and ChakraCore | |
| • Azure as a cloud platform for Node development | |
| • Efforts to improve developer experience with VS Code, TypeScript, Docker, and app insights |