Dr.Dobb’s: JavaScript and Node.js Inventors Join In The Cloud

July 14, 2011 — Joyent and Cloud9 IDE have formed an agreement to provide web application developers with a single cloud development and deployment platform for Node.js applications from within the Cloud9 IDE (Integrated Development Environment).

In this framework, the Cloud9 IDE runs in the browser and lives on Joyent’s public cloud. This in turn allows developers to deploy applications self-provisioned from their Joyent Node.js SmartMachines within the Cloud9 IDE — they can then immediately begin testing on their Node.js-based application. Read More