The event loop is what allows javascript to handle thousands and thousands of requests with just a single thread. This architecture allows Javascript and/or Node.js engines to offload operations to the system kernel.
Node.js is a JavaScript runtime for server-side programming. It allows developers to create scalable backend functionality using JavaScript, a language many are already familiar with from browser-based web development.
In this guide, we will show you three different ways of getting Node.js installed on an Ubuntu 22.04 server: