why not let d8 replace nodejs? d8 is official and can add nodejs strength, such like npm. by the way, there is deno <https://deno.land/> in js world that also use v8. oh my god, so many embedders. i hope google can have official embedders such like d8/nodejs/deno. On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 4:34:04 PM UTC+8 [email protected] wrote:
> Hi, > > You can think of V8 as a library used for compiling and running > Javascript. Chrome/Chromium, d8 and Node.js are all "embedders" of V8, i.e. > applications that use this library. d8 is a very simple, minimal wrapper > around the library that we use primarily for debugging, testing, and as a > "demo" of how to use the V8 API. Node.js is a larger application that adds > a whole bunch of stuff on top of V8, for example 'requires' for module > loading, file access APIs, all the server stuff, etc etc. You can think of > the difference as "d8 runs Javascript code" and "Node.js runs programs > written for Node, using Javascript as the language". If you just want to > run an algorithm written in Javascript, d8 is fine, but if you want to run > something that uses npm packages, you need Node. > > Hope that helps, > Leszek > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 9:25 AM anlex N <[email protected]> wrote: > >> i am fresh student that learning v8 and nodejs source code, today i am >> learning v8 docs step by step, i know v8 have built in d8 *that can >> directly run javascript file*, but i don't know *why we still need >> nodejs run javascript file.* >> >> -- >> -- >> v8-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "v8-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/v8-dev/62dcd603-069a-46bc-98d3-615aa9b16596n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/v8-dev/62dcd603-069a-46bc-98d3-615aa9b16596n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- v8-dev mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/v8-dev/cc4b992c-48b2-43fa-8e24-e29bc59de17dn%40googlegroups.com.
