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- #CT216 - Software Engineering I
- Previous Topic: JavaScript Functions & Events
- Next Topic: Firebase Functions
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Background
- V8 is an open-source JavaScript engine developed by Google, written in C++ and used in the Google Chrome browser.
- Node.js runs on the V8 engine, written in JavaScript & C++.
- It's not a programming lanuage - it's a runtime environment.
- In simple terms, Node.js is "server-side JS".
- It is a high-performance network applications application that is well-optimised for high concurrent environments.
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Rest APIs
- What is an API? #card
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- An Application Programming Interface (API) expresses a software component in terms of its operations, inputs, outputs, & underlying types.
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Adding Firebase Functions
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We are using Firebase functions to host our REST APIs.
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- What is an API? #card
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