2009

• 3rd March : The project was named as “node”
• 1st October : [First very early preview of npm, the Node package

manager](https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/nodejs/erDWyS4xPw8)

• 8th November : Ryan Dahl’s (Creator of Node.js) Original Node.js Talk at JSConf 2009

2010

• Express: A Node.js web development framework
• Socket.io initial release
• 28th April : Experimental Node.js Support on Heroku
• 28th July : Ryan Dahl’s Google Tech Talk on Node.js
• 20th August : Node.js 0.2.0 released

2011

• 31st March : Node.js Guide
• 1st May : npm 1.0: Released
• 1st May : Ryan Dahl’s AMA on Reddit
• 10th July : The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is completed.
• A comprehensive Node.js tutorial for beginners.
• 16th August : LinkedIn uses Node.js
• LinkedIn launched its completely overhauled mobile app with new features and new parts under the hood.
• 5th October : Ryan Dahl talks about the history of Node.js and why he created it