node-intro

Question 1

What is Node.js?

Answer 1

Node.js is a scalable event-driven JavaScript runtime designed to be build scalable network applications. Commonly used to run JS outside the browser and build backends for web apps.

Question 2

What can Node.js be used for?

Answer 2

Node.js can be used for building backends for web applications with JS outside the browser.

Question 3

What is a REPL?

Answer 3

REPL stands for read-eval-print-loop and it is a way for someone to manipulate an input and get an output. The user enters the input which is then read, evaluated, the result is printed out, and the program restarts and waits for another input.

Question 4

When was Node.js created?

Answer 4

May 27, 2009 by Ryan Dahl, thirteen years after the first server side JS was created.

Question 5

What back end languages have you heard of?

Answer 5

Python is the only other backend language I have heard of.