The basic tool is a command line that can either execute JavaScript or create a Web server. If you want to write your server scripts in JavaScript, the basic shell will do so.

As anyone who has programmed in JavaScript, and especially in asynchronous AJAX, knows, JS is extremely well suited to event-driven programming. Node.JS brilliantly combines packaging and an ...

JavaScript creates an XMLHttpRequest object. This object sends a request to the corresponding web server. The server processes the request and sends a response back to the browser. JavaScript reads ...