Node.js on Windows (or JavaScript for the backend) - Christopher Bennage - Devlicio.us - Just the Tasty Bits

Node.js on Windows (or JavaScript for the backend) - Christopher Bennage - Devlicio.us - Just the Tasty Bits

The simplest answer, albeit a simplistic answer, is that Node (or Node.js) is JavaScript on the server. Actually, it’s a more than just that, but you can read about the more in other places. This is a good enough answer for us n00bs.

Unless you’ve been living in in cave, you might have noticed that JavaScript is all the rage now. It’s the new assembly language of the Web. (It’s even for the enterprise.) With Node, you can now take that webby clienty goodness to your server applications.