Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, back-end JavaScript runtime environment that runs on the V8 engine and executes JavaScript code outside a web browser.More..
Node.js was written initially by Ryan Dahl in 2009, ab
out thirteen years after the introduction of the
first server-side JavaScript environment, Netscape's Live
Wire Pro Web. The initial release supported only Linux and Mac OS X. Its development and maintenance
was led by Dahl and later sponsored by Joyent.
Example:
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const http = require('http');
const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
const port = 3000;
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
res.statusCode = 200;
res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
res.end('Hello World');
});
server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
});