Glossary term
What is Node.js? Meaning for developers
In JavaScript Core
V8 plus a set of server-side APIs (files, network) so JavaScript can run outside a browser.
Learn it properly · JavaScript CoreLesson 1: How JS Works: The Execution ContextEverything in JavaScript happens inside an execution context. How the global one is created — memory phase first, then code phase — and why that order explains almost everything that follows.In DSA
A program that runs JavaScript outside the browser. You type node file.js in a terminal and it runs the file.
Learn it properly · DSALesson 1: What a Program Is, and How to Run OneA program is a list of instructions run top to bottom. Run your first JavaScript, read its output, and learn to predict exactly what prints.