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Node.js. What it is Server Side JavaScript built on G oogle’s V8 engine Bundled libraries such as http, https, filesystem Uses small C library to handle socket connections NPM package manager. Why it’s cool JS is inherently asynchronous High performance with many concurrent users.
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What it is • Server Side JavaScript built on Google’s V8 engine • Bundled libraries such as http, https, filesystem • Uses small C library to handle socket connections • NPM package manager
Why it’s cool • JS is inherently asynchronous • High performance with many concurrent users. • Non-blocking i/o • No need to manually implement threads (though you can) • No translation needed between server and client objects • Same language used by everyone on a project
Who is using it? • Google • Microsoft (native support in Azure) • Yahoo • eBay • Facebook • LinkedIn • Many, many smaller companies
Additional information • Nodejs.org • Expressjs.org