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JavaScript/Node.js

This week on my CS Journey, I want to look more into JavaScript and how it is used in docker. Although we did a few activities on JavaScript, I was still confused so I decided to read and research more into it. JavaScript is a text-based programming language used both on the client-side and server-side which is mainly for the web. Many of the websites use JavaScript on all browsers making JavaScript the most-deployed programming language in history. The name JavaScript is quote misleading due to the resemblance of java programming language however, JavaScript is completely different from the Java programming language. Both Java and JavaScript are written, assembled and executed differently, and each has dramatic differences when it comes to what it can do. JavaScript is mainly used for: Adding interactive behavior to web pages like Change the color of a button when the mouse hovers over it, displaying animations, creating web and mobile apps, Game development, and  building web servers.

Now let’s get into Node.js which is what is used in docker. Over the decade Node.js has enabled JavaScript programming outside of web browsers, which has a dramatic success of Node means that JavaScript is now also the most-used programming language among software developers. Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform runtime environment for developing server-side and networking applications. Node.js applications are written in JavaScript and can be run within the Node.js runtime or any other operating systems. some of the features I learned from the blog is that, Node.js  can be  Asynchronous and Event-Driven meaning that All APIs of the Node.js library are asynchronous, it essentially means a Node.js based server never waits for an API to return data. It can be very fast since it is being built on the Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript Engine, Node.js library is very fast in code execution, and lastly, No Buffering- Node.js applications never buffer any data. These applications simply output the data in chunks. 

The diagram below also helped to understand the concept well.



I highly recommend that everyone read the assigned book on JavaScript because it is very helpful in terms of understanding the concepts and the book covers a wide variety of interesting topics. Also, I suggest that everyone follow this tutorial it is an example that shows how to get a Node.js application into a Docker container. The guide also helps to understand basics of how a Node.js application is structured.

Here is the tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-build-a-node-js-application-with-docker-quickstart

Sources : https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/javascript-the-definitive/9781491952016/ch16.html

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/nodejs/nodejs_introduction.htm

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