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Reading 06

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What Is Node and When Should I Use It?

• Node.js is a popular JavaScript runtime environment built on Google Chromes v8 JavaScript engine
• There are several ways you can gain access to Node.js
  1. Download Node Binaries
  2. Download multiple different versions using a Version Manager
• you can use node -v to check your version of Node.js in a terminal
• you can use npm to download and install Node.js from the terminal on your local machine
• Here is a list of build tools
  1. A Beginner’s Guide to Webpack
  2. Up and Running with ESLint — the Pluggable JavaScript Linter
  3. An Introduction to Gulp.js
  4. Unit Test Your JavaScript Using Mocha and Chai
• This article “The Anatomy of a Modern JavaScript Application” explains what role Node.js plays in modern JavaScript
• These companies all use Node.js
• Types of sites Node.js excels at:
  1. Chat Sites
  2. Document Sharing Sites
  3. Building APIs
  4. Data Streaming Sites
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Node.js
  • Advantages:
    1. Can do all your coding in one language
    2. It can speak JSON which is the most important data exchange on the web
    3. It is Ubiquitous: meaning most developers have been exposed to the language
  • Disadvantages:
    1. it works using only a single thread, so high computational code is much slower using Node.js

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