Node.js is a Javascript runtime which is open source in nature. The node.js has both front-end and back-end capabilities; it runs on a Javascript V8 engine.
Node.js is developed by OPEN JS FOUNDATION and since its inception, it has dropped many releases. Its initial release was in the year 2009. It is advised to check the official website to get more information about the latest stable release.
Node.js is an intuitive high-level Language that can be leveraged for back-end scripting. It provides an event-driven architecture that provides asynchronous capabilities, async operations are important use cases for the node.js-based tech stack.
With node.js developers can create a webserver and networking tools with the help of hundreds of powerful modules. Modules are leveraged to carry out protocol-specific operations (UDP / TCP / HTTP / HTTPS / DNS etc), they are also leveraged for I/O and Database ops.
Node.js processes incoming requests as an event loop and with the help of this technology, it can support thousands of concurrent connections.
The Npm is the package manager of node.js, the third party programs are installed via the npm registry which stores the third-party node.js program.
NPM is very vital for development, testing, and deployment activities.
Node.js is also supported by WASM which is a web-based compilation target. It runs on the V8 compiler which translates native code to machine code during runtime.
Node.js takes away the pain of thread management hence all the processes are managed via assigning parent processes and child processes, many child processes work concurrently with other child processes. The cluster module is leveraged to render parent process and child process clusters for handling application workloads.
Node.js also leverages event streams which are of the following types: Readable streams, writable streams, duplex streams, and transform streams. All the stream types satisfy specific use cases.
Database operations can be carried out via node.js by installing Database drivers and libraries. The drivers will run the database and libraries will provide methods to connect with the database and carry out simple and complex database operations.
Node.js ensures Cross platform compatibility , it is highly scalable, it is Efficient, easy to deploy, runs async operations, implements event-driven programming approach, has a wide developer community and is equipped with a great package manager (npm).
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