JavaScript runtime environment From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Node.js is a runtime system used mostly for making server side applications with JavaScript. It runs on the V8 JavaScript engine. It contains a package manager called NPM.[5]
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Original author(s) | Ryan Dahl |
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Developer(s) | Various |
Initial release | May 27, 2009[1] |
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Written in | C, C++, JavaScript |
Operating system | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, IBM AIX[3] |
Type | Runtime environment |
License | MIT license[4] |
Website | nodejs![]() |
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