Web Development with Node.JS and MongoDB (Video 2)

This video tutorial introduces Node.js, an asynchronous event-driven framework built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. It covers the basics, including its lightweight and efficient nature, making it ideal for scalable network applications. The tutorial explains Node.js's single-threaded model, event loop, and non-blocking design. It highlights use cases like real-time web applications and APIs for noSQL databases, while also discussing limitations such as CPU-intensive tasks and relational databases. The video concludes with a summary and a preview of upcoming topics like blocking vs nonblocking code.

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