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Node.js is a cross-platform, open-source JavaScript runtime environment that can run on Windows, Linux, Unix, macOS, and more. Node.js runs on the V8 JavaScript engine, and executes JavaScript code outside a web browser . Node.js lets developers use JavaScript to write command line tools and for server-side scripting.
The Node.js Foundation was created in 2015 as a Linux Foundation project to accelerate the development of the Node.js platform. The Node.js Foundation operated under an open-governance model to heighten participation amongst vendors, developers, and the general Node.js community.
Dahl (2010; age 29). Born. 1981 (age 42–43) San Diego, California, U.S. Education. UC San Diego University of Rochester. Known for. Node.js & Deno. Ryan Dahl (born 1981) is an American software engineer who is best known for creating the Node.js JavaScript runtime as well as the Deno JavaScript / TypeScript runtime.
Express.js, or simply Express, is a back end web application framework for building REST ful APIs with Node.js, released as free and open-source software under the MIT License. It is designed for building web applications and APIs. [3] It has been called the de facto standard server framework for Node.js. [4]
V8 (JavaScript engine) V8 is a JavaScript and WebAssembly engine developed by Google for its Chrome browser. [1] [4] V8 is free and open-source software that is part of the Chromium project and also used separately in non-browser contexts, notably the Node.js runtime system.
The most popular runtime system for non-browser usage is Node.js. JavaScript is a high-level, often just-in-time compiled language that conforms to the ECMAScript standard. It has dynamic typing, prototype-based object-orientation, and first-class functions. It is multi-paradigm, supporting event-driven, functional, and imperative programming ...
Yarn is one of the main JavaScript package managers, [3] [4] developed in 2016 by Sebastian McKenzie of Meta (formerly Facebook) for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment. An alternative to the npm package manager, Yarn was created as a collaboration of Facebook (now Meta ), Exponent (now Expo.dev), Google, and Tilde (the company behind ...
CommonJS is a project to standardize the module ecosystem for JavaScript outside of web browsers (e.g. on web servers or native desktop applications ). CommonJS's specification of how modules should work is widely used today for server-side JavaScript with Node.js. [1] It is also used for browser-side JavaScript, but that code must be packaged ...