Node.js is a very powerful JavaScript-based platform built on Google Chrome s JavaScript V8 Engine. It is used to develop I/O intensive web apppcations pke video streaming sites, single-page apppcations, and other web apppcations. Node.js is open source, completely free, and used by thousands of developers around the world.

Audience

This tutorial is designed for software programmers who want to learn the basics of Node.js and its architectural concepts. This tutorial will give you enough understanding on all the necessary components of Node.js with suitable examples.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding of JavaScript. As we are going to develop web-based apppcations using Node.js, it will be good if you have some understanding of other web technologies such as HTML, CSS, AJAX, etc.