3. Getting Started with Node.js
This chapter introduces you to the Node.js environment. Node.js is a website/application framework designed with high scalability in mind. It takes advantage of the existing JavaScript technology in the browser and flows those same concepts all the way down through the webserver into the backend services. Node.js is a great technology that is easy to implement and yet extremely scalable.
Node.js is a very modular platform, which means much of the functionality that you will use is provided by external modules rather than being inherently built into the platform. The Node.js culture is very active in creating and publishing modules for almost every imaginable need. Therefore, this chapter focuses on understanding ...
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