Why should I secure my Node.js server?
Because a production server must be secured, not just functional. Add helmet for security headers, rate limiting to prevent abuse, and CORS configuration to control which origins can access your API.
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Because Node.js runs JavaScript on a single thread, so a blocking operation stops all requests. Always use async APIs in production and offload heavy synchronous work to worker threads or separate processes.
Because committing secrets to git exposes them to anyone with repo access. Use environment variables with dotenv so secrets live in .env files that are gitignored, never in code.
Expecting browser APIs like document, window, or fetch to exist. Node.js has a different environment with different APIs like fs, http, and process. Understand what is and is not available before writing server code.
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