N-API: Next generation Node.js APIs for native modules

This blog post was written by Arunesh Chandra, Sr. Program Manager, Chakra at Microsoft and Michael Dawson, Runtime Technologies Node.js Technical Lead at IBM. Node.js has a vibrant module ecosystem, which is key to its continued growth and popularity. The ecosystem includes both JavaScript and native addon modules. Existing native modules are written in C/C++ and directly depend on V8 and/or NAN

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Node.js 8.0.0で導入されたN-APIについて。 いままでネイティブモジュールを書く際にNANなどもあったが、それはV8に依存していたためAPI/ABI stabilityに問題があった。 N-APIではABI-stableな中間レイヤーを入れる。これによりNode-ChacraC