Introducing Node.js
Discover the origins and purpose of Node.js as a JavaScript runtime outside the browser. Learn how Node leverages the V8 engine, understand its ecosystem of modules and packages, and see an example of running Node code. This lesson provides a foundation for using Node.js to build efficient JavaScript applications beyond the browser environment.
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A bit of history
To understand what Node.js (or Node for short) is, we have to travel back in time to the 2000s. As JavaScript was becoming increasingly important for improving the user experience on the web, web browser designers spent a considerable amount of resources on executing JS code as fast as possible. In particular, the Chrome JavaScript engine, codenamed ...