MySQL Connector/Node.js is a new Node.js driver for use with the X DevAPI. This release, v1.0.5 M4, is the fourth development release of the MySQL Connector/Node.js 1.0 series.

The X DevAPI enables application developers to write code that combines the strengths of the relational and document models using a modern, NoSQL-like syntax that does not assume previous experience writing traditional SQL.

To learn more about how to write applications using the X DevAPI, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/index.html. For more information about how the X DevAPI is implemented in MySQL Connector/Node.js, and its usage, see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-nodejs.

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Please note that the X DevAPI …

MySQL Connector/Node.JS 1.0.4 was recently released as a development milestone release. This is the first version available via npmjs.com. npmjs.com is the central registry for Node.JS packages. This and potential future official MySQL packages can be found using the @mysql organisation. For this to work we had to change the package name to contain that prefix and have chosen the name @mysql/xdevapi as this package provides the implementation of our X DevAPI for Node.JS and we have a free namespace for potential future libraries as part of our Connector/Node.JS product.

Given an existing Node.JS project we can easily install the library:

$ npm install --save @mysql/xdevapi …