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    <h1>Don&rsquo;t Let Node Plugins Scare You!</h1>

    <p id=overview>Neon makes writing native Node.js modules safe and fun, so you can <strong>hack without fear</strong>.</p>

    <p id=wip-fine-print>(Work in progress! See the <a href="https://github.com/neon-bindings/neon/issues/144">safety checklist issue</a> to track our progress.)</p>

    <pre id=console><span class=comment># Install the Neon CLI.</span>
<span class=prompt>$</span> npm install --global neon-cli

<span class=comment># Create a new project!</span>
<span class=prompt>$</span> neon new my-project</pre>
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    <h1>Crash-Free Memory Management</h1>

    <p>Neon works together with the JS garbage collector so allocations are always properly managed.<p>

    <pre><span class=kw>fn</span> <span class=fn>hello</span>(call: Call) &rarr; JsResult&lt;JsString&gt; {
<span class=comment>// safely tracked throughout this function!</span>
<span class=kw>let</span> val = JsString::<span class=fn>new</span>(call.scope, <span class=str>"hello, Node"</span>)
                   .<span class=fn>unwrap</span>();
    <span class=comment>...</span>
    Ok(val)
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    <h1>Easy Parallelism</h1>

    <p>Safely run multiple threads, which is easy with convenient Rust APIs like <a href="https://github.com/nikomatsakis/rayon">Rayon</a>.<p>

    <pre>lines.<span class=fn>into_par_iter</span>()             <span class=comment>// iterate in parallel</span>
     .<span class=fn>map</span>(|line| <span class=fn>wc</span>(line, word))  <span class=comment>// count words for each</span>
     .<span class=fn>sum</span>()                       <span class=comment>// calculate the total</span></pre>

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    <h1>Learn More</h1>

    <p>Neon is a work in progress. Watch this talk to learn more about the state of the project:</p>

    <iframe width="640" height="380" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jINMIAicaS0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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