Node, as its developers often call it for short, is a server-side, JavaScript-based, web server based on Google’s high-performance V8 engine, geared to receiving and answering HTTP requests.

Cloud-based application development with Node.js allows for one simple and scalable technology to be used on both the client and the server.

Guest Node.js has been getting great press for being used to build real-time web applications and fast networking tools that help big web sites run and scale. But is Node just as good a fit for ...

While you can implement a web server or app entirely in plain Node.js code, an MVC framework can greatly reduce the amount of code you need to write.

Express.js is a popular web server layer built on top of node.js. In this Q&A, author Evan Hahn provides more context on Express and where it's going.

Is it complicated to write tests for your Node.js back-end? Do tests fail even though your business logic hasn’t changed? Or are tests very slow to run?