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In simple terms, what is node.js?

22nd January 2014

My answer to In simple terms, what is node.js? on Quora

It’s server-side programming, like PHP. The language you write the server-side code in is JavaScript (specifically the JavaScript version supported by Google’s V8 JavaScript engine, which was originally written for the Chrome web browser).

Posted 22nd January 2014 at 12:48 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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