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Everything about Node.js

JavaScript runtime environment

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. According to the Stack Overflow Developer Survey, Node.js is one of the most commonly used web technologies. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Node.jsA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy for hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive, high-risk early breast cancer (monarchE): results from a preplanned interim analysis of a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trialInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Professional NodeJsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: MEGAHIT: an ultra-fast single-node solution for large and complex metagenomics assembly via succinct de Bruijn graphCited 10,075 times
  5. Go sideways: Deno (software)A closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Dojo (web framework)A closely related topic

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