Node.js Training at Wisen IT Solutions, Chennai

Node.js Foundations

• What Node.js is and where it is used
• The V8 engine and libuv
• Node.js release lines and LTS
• Installing and managing versions
• The REPL and running scripts
• The process object
• Command line arguments
• Environment variables
• Exit codes and graceful shutdown
• Signals and process events
• The global object in Node
• Differences from the browser environment
• Node built-in modules overview
• The node: prefix for built-ins
• Reading the official documentation
• The event loop phases
• The call stack and the thread pool
• Blocking against non-blocking operations
• setImmediate against setTimeout
• process.nextTick and microtasks
• Measuring event loop lag
• Debugging with the inspector