Chapter 2. Globals: Node’s environment
This chapter covers
- Using modules
- What you can do without requiring a single module
- The process and console objects
- Timers
Global objects are available in all modules. They’re universal. Whether you’re writing network programs, command-line scripts, or web applications, your program will have access to these objects. That means you can always depend on features like console.log and __dirname—both are explained in detail in this chapter.
The goal of this chapter is to introduce Node’s global objects and methods to help you learn what functionality is available to all Node processes. This will help you better understand Node and its relationship to the operating system, and how it compares with other ...
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