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Tao of Node - Design, Architecture & Best Practices | Alex Kondov - Software Engineer

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One of the main benefits of JavaScript is that it runs both in the browser and the server. As an engineer you need to master a single language and your skills will have a variety of applications. This is what drew me to Node in 2015 - I didn’t have to switch between languages and tech stacks. Node allows you to reuse libraries, logic, and types across front-end and back-end applications. It gave rise to the full-stack developer archetype - an engineer skillful enough to work on any part of the application they are needed. It grew from a questionable technology to one used for critical infrastructure in many large enterprises. It performs incredibly well for high-volume IO operations with a much lower code complexity than languages that rely on multi-threading. Node’s ecosystem is focused on freedom and flexibility, breaking away from the heavy frameworks established at the time of its inception. It doesn’t impose strict coding standards or application structures. But there’s a price to

One of the main benefits of JavaScript is that it runs both in the browser and the server. As an engineer you need to master a single language and your skills will have a variety of applications. This is what drew me to Node in 2015 - I didn’t have to switch between languages and tech stacks. Node allows you to reuse libraries, logic, and types across front-end and back-end applications. It gave rise to the full-stack developer archetype - an engineer skillful enough to work on any part of the application they are needed. It grew from a questionable technology to one used for critical infrastr

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