Node.js

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Node is a javascript engine that:

• add several features such as io (access the file system), network,… that are not accessible in a web browser)
• miss the browser web api function (no dom,…)

In a Node installation, you got:

• Node.js: the Javascript runtime
• by default: the NPM Package Manager

Node.js is built against v8.

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Example

To run the below script:

console('Hello World!');

• At the command line

node HelloWorld.js

Hello World!