Node.js
Node.js runs JavaScript outside the browser. The runtime provides technical capabilities; the program supplies the actual business logic.
Run JavaScript outside the browser
Node.js is a runtime environment for JavaScript outside the browser. It provides capabilities including network and file access. Server services or data-processing utilities can run on it, for example.
In a fictional import process, a program reads a product file and creates a preview for an administrator. Node.js executes the code written for that task. The program must separately define and check required columns and matching products.
Node.js is neither a database nor a complete application framework. A framework or library may build on the runtime to handle additional tasks. Choosing Node.js alone determines neither the architecture, operational reliability nor business correctness of the import process.
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- JavaScriptJavaScript is a programming language for application logic, in browsers and elsewhere. Its role differs from HTML and CSS.
- BackendThe backend handles an application’s server-side rules and data. It is more than a database or an administration screen.
- FrameworkA framework gives an application a technical structure and shared rules. The tasks it handles depend on the chosen framework.
- Legacy systemAn existing system still in use, with technical and business dependencies accumulated over time.
- Multi-tenancyMulti-tenancy supports separate customer or group scopes in one solution. A tenant is not automatically one person or one database.
- Browser cacheThe browser cache stores suitable HTTP responses for later use. Reuse and revalidation follow the applicable rules.
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