"... You mean, he explained that it was necessary to build from source, and why? Is this information available in textual form? ..." It isn't 100% necessary. Y

"... You mean, he explained that it was necessary to build from source, and why? Is this information available in textual form? ..." It isn't 100% necessary. You can install from binaries. But as node is a moving target as a dev you get the best feature set/bug fixed version, faster. The talk hasn't been transcribed to my knowledge. Why not view the vid or ask @ryan or irc://irc.freenode.net#freenode why from source? The install instructions here ~ https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installation https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installation or install binaries here ~ https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-p...