From 1c34b139a2d3354c05de36b4eaf4e684df1a4839 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wurde Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 23:29:24 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add brief Node.js overview to README Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig Reviewed-By: Rich Trott PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4174 --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d8a4967565a490..fc67346383739d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ Node.js [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/Join Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/nodejs/node?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) +Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js +uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and +efficient. The Node.js package ecosystem, npm, is the largest ecosystem of open +source libraries in the world. + The Node.js project is supported by the [Node.js Foundation](https://nodejs.org/en/foundation/). Contributions, policies and releases are managed under an