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The simplest possible "hello world" node.js module written in C++

This is a super simple module written as a C++ binding. It does not show how to handle async io, but at least it illustrates how the code hooks into node and v8. This is just a place to start...

Download, build and test instructions:

# Install node-gyp globally if not installed yet
npm install -g node-gyp

# Clone, build and test
git clone git://github.com/lupomontero/node-cpphello.git
cd node-cpphello
node-gyp configure build
npm test

More info here: Writing node.js modules in C++

Further reading:

• node-gyp
• Node.js Addons API
• rvagg/node-addon-examples