Why should backend developers learn about V8?
Understanding V8 helps developers understand performance optimization, memory management, garbage collection, and how JavaScript executes internally.
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The V8 Engine is Google's open-source JavaScript engine that executes JavaScript code by compiling it into machine code.
Yes. Node.js uses the V8 Engine to parse, compile, and execute JavaScript code.
V8 uses Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation, runtime optimizations, and efficient memory management to improve JavaScript performance.
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