node-intro

Question 1

What is Node.js?

Answer 1

A program that allows JavaScript to be run outside of a web browser.

Question 2

What can Node.js be used for?

Answer 2

commonly used to build back-ends for web-apps, command-line programs, or any kind of automation that developers choose to perform.

Question 3

What is a REPL?

Answer 3

Read-Eval-Print-Loop, an interactive top-level or language shell. Simple interactive computer programming environment that takes single user inputs, executes them, and returns the result to the user; a program written in a REPL environment is executed piecewise.

Question 4

When was Node.js created?

Answer 4

2009

Question 5

What back end languages have you heard of?

Answer 5

C, C++, Java, Python