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Introduction to Node.js Runtime Environment

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment built on Chrome's V8 engine, created by Ryan Dahl in 2009. It is widely used by over 41% of professional developers and has been adopted by companies like Netflix, LinkedIn, and NASA for its efficiency, such as reducing startup time by 70%. Node.js is a non-blocking runtime environment that provides built-in modules for various functionalities, including OS, path, and HTTP handling.

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Introduction to Node.js Runtime Environment

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment built on Chrome's V8 engine, created by Ryan Dahl in 2009. It is widely used by over 41% of professional developers and has been adopted by companies like Netflix, LinkedIn, and NASA for its efficiency, such as reducing startup time by 70%. Node.js is a non-blocking runtime environment that provides built-in modules for various functionalities, including OS, path, and HTTP handling.

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Node.

js is a powerful, open-source, and cross-platform (what


is mean by cross-platform, What is operating system , there
are hundreds of os present in the market , )JavaScript
runtime environment built on Chrome's V8 engine(v8 engine
is inspried by car engine).(In 2009 Ryan began developing
node js (originally he named it as web js)then he start
experimenting Firefox's Spider Monkey JavaScript engine
that but do to some limitations. he just switch to v8 in 2 day)

-Over 41% of professional developers use [Link]

-Netflix have reduced startup time by 70% after adopting


[Link].

-companies use node js(LinkedIn, PayPal, NASA)

-Node js is not a language

-node js is not a library

-node js is not a framework

-node js is a run-time environment.

node js environment

js source code ----> v8 engine ---> machine code

-node js is non-blocking (what is mean by non-blocking )

our first concept REPL

READ EVAL PRINT LOOP


command line > node -v, npm -v.

node ,2+3 , a= "apple" , function cal(a,b){return a+b }

open vs code > [Link]("welocome to [Link]")

to run "node [Link]"

Built in modules

There are lot of build modules in [Link], in that most used


modules

os,path,file,http

const os = require('os')

[Link]([Link]());

[Link]([Link]());

[Link]([Link]());

[Link]([Link]());

const path = require('path')

[Link]([Link](__filename))

[Link]([Link](__filename))
[Link]([Link](__filename))

[Link]([Link](__filename))

HTTP

const http = require('http ')

const myServer = [Link]((request, response) => {

[Link]("welcome to server")

[Link]()

})

[Link](3330)

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