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JavaScript

Posted by Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

What is Node.js' default JavaScript engine?

This was a question that was asked at the end of the section - I don't get it. Node.js runs on Chromes V8 engine?

2 Answers

Neil McPartlin
Neil McPartlin
14,662 Points
Neil McPartlin
Neil McPartlin
14,662 Points

Take a look at these 2 links and it will help to make things more clear. In a nutshell, Google 'open sourced' the JavaScript code behind Chrome, and the people behind node.js based their code on it.

https://developers.google.com/v8/

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41399772/what-does-it-mean-to-say-nodejs-is-built-on-the-v8-engine/41399932

Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

Thanks, Neil!

Jan Oberreiter
Jan Oberreiter
78,020 Points
Jan Oberreiter
Jan Oberreiter
78,020 Points

Google V8 JavaScript engine