Node.js Basics
JavaScript… outside the browser? Illegal. (It’s legal.)
▶ the lesson · ~35s · narrated · tap for sound
the intro
Node.js runs JavaScript on your machine and on servers. You get the language you already know plus modules, npm packages, and access to files and networks. Most backend JavaScript jobs are Node jobs, so this is the on-ramp.
fun fact ✦
Node.js shipped in 2009 and made “JavaScript everywhere” real.
the docs
quick hits about Node.js Basics
15-second answers · interviews, tips, trivia & hidden gems
🎤 interview
What is the event loop?
🎤 interview
require or import?
📚 tutorial
Your package.json is a task runner
🔧 useful
Config that changes per environment?
💎 deep
Test ideas without files?
🆕 update
Meet Bun
💎 deep
Stop restarting Node manually?