Node.js

About

Node is a javascript engine that:

  • add several features such as io (access the file system), network,… that are not accessible in a web browser)
  • miss the browser web api function (no dom,…)

In a Node installation, you got:

Node.js is built against v8.

Example

To run the below script:

console('Hello World!');
  • At the command line
node HelloWorld.js
Hello World!

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