# Node.js

*JAVA*

By [0x1e27](https://paragraph.com/@0x1e27690c530fee95ff83b98131a21b2abce1ee66) · 2023-11-09

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It is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment.

  
Developers use Node. js **to create server-side web applications**, and it is perfect for data-intensive applications since it uses an asynchronous, event-driven model. Now that we know what is Node, let's look at why it is so prevalent in web development.

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*Originally published on [0x1e27](https://paragraph.com/@0x1e27690c530fee95ff83b98131a21b2abce1ee66/nodejs)*