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Node.js Runtime & Event Loop
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In short
The JavaScript runtime (built on V8) that lets you run the same language you use in the browser on the server — and the event loop that lets it handle many concurrent requests despite being single-threaded.
How to learn this
- 1Install Node.js and run a simple script from the command line.
- 2Log the order of `setTimeout`, `Promise.then` and synchronous code to see the event loop in action.
- 3Understand why a long synchronous computation blocks the entire server.
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