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learning-zone/nodejs-basics
Node.js Basics ( v24.x )
A giant Q&A reference document for Node.js interview prep, covering everything from the event loop to JWT auth examples. It's aimed at developers preparing for job interviews or filling gaps in their Node.js knowledge, not at people building anything.
The event loop and libuv explanations are genuinely solid — the request lifecycle diagrams and V8 JIT pipeline breakdown are clearer than most blog posts. The comparison tables (process vs thread, npm vs npx, semver ranges) are well-structured and scannable. The repo includes runnable code samples for most topics, not just prose. It tracks the current Node.js version (v24.x) and the examples feel current — `worker_threads`, `fetch`, `globalThis` are all present.
There's almost no practical project code — the 'examples' are isolated 10-line snippets, so you learn what `crypto.pbkdf2` looks like but not how to structure a real app. The security section is likely shallow (interview-style surface coverage rather than actual threat modeling or secure coding patterns). The README is one enormous file; finding a specific topic requires Ctrl+F or trusting the TOC links, and there's no search or split into smaller docs. The JWT examples ship with private keys checked into the repo under `certs/`, which is a bad habit to normalize in a learning resource.