E5 | A Conversation about Node.JS | Roman Hood

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Today I’m having a conversation with Roman Hood, a self taught developer with over 10 years of experience developing web applications. Roman and I chat all about Node.JS and how to get started developing applications with it.

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Questions Asked

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• Tell us about your background. Why NodeJS?
  
• What did you have to learn to get comfortable with Node?
  
• How important is knowing Javascript really well to harness the power of NodeJS?
  
• What are the difference object models between Javascript on the front end and the back end?
  
• Is the Window object accessible inside of NodeJS?
  
• Do computers come with Node already installed?
  
• What is Node repl?
  
• What's the difference between Javascript and ES6?
  
• Does Node support ES6 fully?
  
• Explain Typescript and its relationship with Node JS?
  
• Why is Type checking so important?
  
• What are the pros and cons of Node JS?
  
• Explain how Node supports events and what events are?
  
• What's the difference between AJAX, JQuery and Node JS?
  
• Is AJAX more focused on the client side?
  
• What is Express?
  
• How do you deploy your Node app?
  
• What would you change about Node?
  

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Reference Links

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• NodeJS Download (https://nodejs.org/en/)