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Node Js

  • What is node.js? Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js is an event-based, non-blocking, asynchronous I/O runtime that uses Google’s V8 JavaScript engine and libuv library.

  • In your own words, what is Chrome’s V8 JavaScript Engine? it is something responsiable for compiling JavaScript (open source JavaScript engine),that runs in Google Chrome and other Chromium-based web browsers, including Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi.

  • What does it mean that node is a JavaScript runtime? This means that Node.js is a program we can use to execute JavaScript on our computers.

  • What is npm? a package manager and the world’s largest software registry.

  • What version of node are you running on your machine? 6.14.12

  • What command would you type to install a library/package called ‘jshint’? npm install -g jshint

  • What is node used for? designed to automate the process of developing a modern JavaScript application.