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What is NodeJS ?

  • Node is a runtime environment for executing JavaScript code.
  • Non-blocking (asynchronous) architecture.
  • It has an event loop with event queue.
  • It is good for network-intensive apps, but not good for CPU intensive applications.
  • Running on top of the V8 Virtual Machine written by Google, which is also the JavaScript engine in Chrome.