What is Node JS

Note: This article is published on 12/06/2024.

This series of articles is absolutely a AI product or byproduct. This article could be a new style of my articles: using AI result associated with my own understanding, for example, associated with StackBlitz | Instant Dev Environments, to make the article eazy to write and more readable.

What is Node JS --- this article
- NVM --- Node Version Manager
What is Angular
- Angular Installation and Environment Setup (written in 2021)
- Angular New Devlopment Site
Why Angular
Angular Versions
- Angular Version Change Frequency
What is React

A - Introduction

The content of this article:

A - Introduction
B - What is Node JS --- from AI
C - Testing Environment --- from stackblitz.com
D - How to Run Node.js locally

B - What is Node JS --- from AI

The following is a google result, actually, an AI output built in with Google. It is acurate, briefly, summarized. In fact, we do not have any reason to not use that as a searching result.

what is node js - Google Search

C - Testing Environment --- from stackblitz.com

Go to StackBlitz | Instant Dev Environments, in fact, https://stackblitz.com/

Note: If you do not register, you may need to register first. However, if you do not write your own, just as a reader, you can view other's result and run or test it.

Click New Project to create a new one:

Click Node js to create a Node JS project:

A default page, index.js, is opened. Type the command: Node index.js in the terminal to run the mini project:

node index.js

We got the result:

Hello Node.js v18.20.3!

D - How to Run Node.js locally

Following the AI result from Google:how to run node.js locally - Google Search

Step 1: Install Node.js
Step 2: Create a JavaScript file
Step 3: Run the file using Node.js

Note: you'd better to run the google search in Chrome, otherwise, for example in Microsoft Edge, you might not get the AI result, even you run google search there. In case you cannot get the AI result, I copy it below:

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