Description

Node.js is a powerful, open-source, cross-platform runtime environment that allows developers to run JavaScript code outside of the web browser. Built on Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, it is designed to be lightweight, fast, and efficient. Unlike traditional server-side technologies, Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model, which makes it highly scalable and suitable for building applications that need to handle many simultaneous connections, such as chat applications, online gaming, video streaming, or real-time collaboration tools. One of its biggest advantages is that it enables developers to use JavaScript on both the frontend and backend, creating a unified development environment. Node.js also comes with npm (Node Package Manager), the world’s largest ecosystem of open-source libraries, which makes building and maintaining applications easier and faster. Because of its performance, scalability, and flexibility, Node.js is widely used for building web servers, APIs, microservices, and even desktop or IoT applications.

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