Chapter 1 Coming to a Server Near You
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Why Node.js?
If a picture speaks a thousand words, what would it take to speak a thousand pictures? Or for that matter, an infinite number of pictures? My first introduction to Node.js was through WordSquared, seen in Figure 1.1. This is an online, real-time, infinite game of Scrabble built using the same technologies that we’ll discuss in this book. As soon as I set eyes on the game, I had to find out more about the technology behind it, and I hope you feel the same.
What’s incredible about the game is that it was prototyped in just 48 hours as part of Node.js ...
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