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1What Node.js is and why it exists
2The history of Node.js in five minutes
3Where Node.js shines: I/O-heavy services
4Where Node.js is the wrong tool
5Node.js vs. Deno vs. Bun
6Installing Node.js with a version manager
7node, npm, and npx: the three commands
8Running your first script
9The REPL for quick experiments
10Node.js release lines: LTS vs. Current
11The event loop, explained simply
12The call stack and the task queue
13Microtasks vs. macrotasks
14Blocking vs. non-blocking code
15The libuv thread pool
16process.nextTick vs. setImmediate
17Timers and the event loop phases
18What 'single-threaded' really means
19Measuring event loop lag
20CommonJS: require and module.exports
21ES modules: import and export
22Choosing between CJS and ESM
23What import() does
24import(): syntax and usage
25import(): practical examples
26import(): edge cases and pitfalls
27Common mistakes with import()
28The module cache and why require runs once
29Circular dependencies and how to break them
30node: prefixes for built-in modules
31Creating and publishing your own module

1What Node.js is and why it exists
2The history of Node.js in five minutes
3Where Node.js shines: I/O-heavy services
4Where Node.js is the wrong tool
5Node.js vs. Deno vs. Bun
6Installing Node.js with a version manager
7node, npm, and npx: the three commands
8Running your first script
9The REPL for quick experiments
10Node.js release lines: LTS vs. Current
11The event loop, explained simply
12The call stack and the task queue
13Microtasks vs. macrotasks
14Blocking vs. non-blocking code
15The libuv thread pool
16process.nextTick vs. setImmediate
17Timers and the event loop phases
18What 'single-threaded' really means
19Measuring event loop lag
20CommonJS: require and module.exports
21ES modules: import and export
22Choosing between CJS and ESM
23What import() does
24import(): syntax and usage
25import(): practical examples
26import(): edge cases and pitfalls
27Common mistakes with import()
28The module cache and why require runs once
29Circular dependencies and how to break them
30node: prefixes for built-in modules
31Creating and publishing your own module

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