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Jose Balaguer
Jose Balaguer
17,473 Points
Posted by Jose Balaguer
Jose Balaguer
17,473 Points

Can Node.js be used to create databases, tables and writing data in there or is still needed other server side language?

It's not clear to me if Node.js can be used as a stand alone method to operate with databases.

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Yep, it can. For all intents and purposes Node is a server side language. Most common support for Node is the mongo database engine. But there are other packages for Node to work with MySQL or another flavor of db.

Jose Balaguer
Jose Balaguer
17,473 Points
Jose Balaguer
Jose Balaguer
17,473 Points

I see. JS, Node, Packages ... This snowball is growing so fast :) Thanks Kevin

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Yes it is! Node Package Manager will be your friend