Ok , now i understood that Javascript engine is used in browser to execute loaded javascript faster.
But than what does Server-side javascript mean ? and how it has to do any thing with Javascript engine ? On Aug 21, 4:52 am, Laurie Harper <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops; appologies to the list for such a Node-centric reply. > > To be clear: Node is by no means the only server-side Javascript platform; > there are others. I assume the reference to "Node: Up and Running" is an > indication that that's what the OP is looking at though ;-) > > L. > > On 2011-08-20, at 7:50 PM, Laurie Harper wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Specifically, in your frame of reference: the Javascript Engine is roughly > > equivalent to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) -- i.e. the component that > > handles compiling/evaluating your code. > > > Tomcat is an application written in Java which implements the Servlet API. > > For web application development in Javascript using Node, the Express > > framework [1] is probably the most popular. It isn't a direct equivalent to > > the Servlet API (the approach is quite different) but it lives at the same > > level in the application stack. > > > Server-side Javascript doesn't, in and of itself, give you anything > > specific to auto-updating web pages; that's something you have to implement > > on top of HTTP, same as with any other server-side technology. However, > > socket.io [2] is a very popular project which makes it particularly easy to > > accomplish such things with Node. > > > Finally, note that Node is a more platform than just a web server. You can > > use it to accomplish any programming task, but it particularly excels at > > anything requiring a lot of concurrent IO. > > > I haven't read the book you referenced, but I'm sure it would be a great > > way to improve your understanding of what Node is and how you might use it. > > > L. > > > On 2011-08-20, at 1:58 PM, Amit Agarwal wrote: > > >> Javascript engine is the part of a browser which is responsible for > >> executing loaded Javascript code. Better your JS engine executes JS faster. > > >> Details? > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript_engine > > >> Example? > >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTkTBKSnqbA > > >> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Rahul <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I searched on Wikipeidia , but i didn't understood the explanation. > > >> Many article says that Javascript engine is used for "Javascript Web > >> server", > > >> But how come web server ? > > >> I have worked on Tomcat server and having knowledge of J2EE framwork, > >> here a browser send request using a url, now this request hits the web > >> container(Tomcat), > >> now webcontainer creates req. and res. object and passes it to > >> servlets deployed in webcontainer. > > >> Now from my above knowledge of Webcontainer can you please explain how > >> come javascript be > >> a web container, and how does it helps us in client-side javascript > > >> Does javascript engine has anything to do with auto-refresh of > >> webpages, like live scores of sports or stock prices listing , > >> something like this sort. > > >> Can you please suggest some books on javascript engine or Javascript > >> webserver, > > >> Can O'really's Node: Up and running will be helpfull reading, > > >> Wating for a reply > > >> -- > >> To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > >> To search via a non-Google archive, visit > >> here:http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > > >> -- > >> To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > >> To search via a non-Google archive, visit > >> here:http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > > > -- > > Laurie Harper > >http://laurie.holoweb.net/ > > > -- > > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > To search via a non-Google archive, visit > > here:http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > -- > Laurie Harperhttp://laurie.holoweb.net/ -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
