[TBD]Node.js: Runtime environment for Javascript as standalone

Introduction

Laymen explanation

If you done website programming, you must have used javascript. HTML provides page layout, CSS provides beauty and Javascript makes webpage more interactive. This Javascript runs within browser. Node.js helps to run this Javascript as standalone application

Technical explanation

Node.js is an open source server environment.

Node.js allows you to run JavaScript on the server.

Installation on MacOS

https://nodejs.org/en/

Running app

Goto the location of the code

npm install -> Install dependency

node index.js -> Run the server

Features

• Node.js runs single-threaded, non-blocking, asynchronously programming, which is very memory efficient.

Reference

https://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/