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Publishing Node.js Modules and Contributing to Open Source

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One of the key factors that attributed to the rapid growth of the Node.js module ecosystem is its open-source nature and robust packaging systems (with registry). As of April 2013, JavaScript and Node.js had already surpassed any other language/platform in number of packages contributed per year (source)( http://caines.ca/blog/programming/the-node-js-community-is-quietly-changing-the-face-of-open-source/ ):

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Mardan, A. (2014). Publishing Node.js Modules and Contributing to Open Source. In: Practical Node.js. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6596-2_12

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