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manuelkiessling committed Apr 19, 2011
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Expand Up @@ -293,17 +293,21 @@ <h3>Server-side JavaScript</h3>
<p>
In order to execute the JavaScript you intend to run in the
backend, it needs to be interpreted and, well, executed.
This is what node.js does. Plus, it ships with a lot of
useful modules, so you don't have to write everything
from scratch, like for example something that outputs a
string on the console.
This is what node.js does, by making use of Google's V8 VM, the
same runtime environment for JavaScript that used in Google
Chrome.
</p>
<p>
Thus, node.js is really two things: a runtime
environment and a library.
Plus, node.js ships with a lot of useful modules, so you don't
have to write everything from scratch, like for example
something that outputs a string on the console.
</p>
<p>
In order to make use of them, you need to install node.
Thus, node.js is really two things: a runtime environment and a
library.
</p>
<p>
In order to make use of these, you need to install node.
Instead of repeating the process here, I kindly ask you to
visit
<a href="https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installation"
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