E5 | A Conversation about Node.JS | Roman Hood

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. ******************************* Questions Asked ******************************* 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? ******************************* Reference Links ******************************* NodeJS Download (https://nodejs.org/en/)