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Hi there, my name is Andrew, a life long learner, JavaScript developer and
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teacher here at Treehouse.
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In this course, we'll be writing JavaScript for
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the server side using the Node.js platform.
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Node.js has become my go to for making scalable web applications,
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desktop applications and powering robots, too.
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Node.js is great for building interactive real time chat applications.
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With this example, you can play Gameboy games with any number of people online.
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In this course, we'll be creating a couple of command line application that go out to
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the Internet and retrieve information and print out the results to the terminal.
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These applications are not only fun to build, but they'll be plenty of learning
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opportunities that will show you the power of Node.js and
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why you'll want to use it in your projects.
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Many companies like PayPal, LinkedIn, Netflix, Microsoft and
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Uber use Node.js in production.
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So it's never been a better time to learn.
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