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Node.js is a low-level, highly scalable platform. It was created explicitly to be an experiment in asynchronous processing. Using Node.js, you will program directly with many network and Internet protocols or use libraries that have access to operating system (OS) resources. To program in Node.js you only need to master JavaScript language; that’s right, only JavaScript! The JavaScript runtime used in this platform is the famous Javascript V8, which is also used in Google Chrome.
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Pereira, C.R. (2016). Introduction to Node.js. In: Building APIs with Node.js . Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2442-7_1
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