Node.js, a full-stack solution which is primarily used to build back-end server apps is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine….. Chrome V8 engine on the other hand is a Google’s open source high-performance JavaScript engine written in C++ and used in Google Chrome, the open source projects….
If you’re going to be developing apps based on Node.js, then the steps below show you how to install version 10 (LTS), 11 and 12 (Current) on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 LTS…
Updates to Node.js packages gets released very frequently… There are two primary versions: Current and the Long Term Support (LTS) version…
Unlike the current versions which get released about once a year, Node.js LTS versions get released about every 3 years..
Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient…. Although Node.js comes in Ubuntu default repositories, if you want to get the latest version, you’ll have to add its official PPA…
For more about Node.js, please visit the project’s homepage…
