Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript engine (i.e. v8 JavaScript Engine); it helps to develop fast, scalable network application. It is basically used in server side coding, handling AJAX requests, maintaining routes for different APIs and manipulating database. Node.js uses an event-driven, non blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Now without defining v8 the blog will remain incomplete. v8 is Google’s open source JavaScript engine which is written in C++. Best feature of v8 is: it can run independently, or can be embedded into any C++ application. Let’s come to the main topic; here are the Node.js best practices: