Preface
Node.js is considered by many as a game-changer—the biggest shift of the decade in web development. It is loved not just for its technical capabilities, but also for the change of paradigm that it introduced in web development.
First, Node.js applications are written in JavaScript, the language of the web, the only programming language supported natively by a majority of web browsers. This aspect only enables scenarios such as single-language application stacks and sharing of code between the server and the client. Node.js itself is contributing to the rise and evolution of the JavaScript language. People realize that using JavaScript on the server is not as bad as it is in the browser, and they will soon start to love it for its pragmatism ...
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