Chapter 2: A Beginner Splurge in Node.js
by Camilo Reyes & Michiel Mulders
It's 3 a.m. You’ve got your hands over the keyboard, staring at an empty console. The bright prompt over a dark backdrop is ready, yearning to take in commands. Want to hack up Node.js for a little while?
One exciting thing about Node.js is that it runs anywhere. This opens up various possibilities for experimenting with the stack. For any seasoned veteran, this is a fun run of the command line tooling. What’s extra special is that we can survey the stack from within the safety net of the command line. And it's cool that we’re still talking about JavaScript — so most readers who are familiar with JS shouldn’t have any problem understanding how it all works. So, why not ...
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