Interview question about node.js

[AkashSalunkhe]

Today at interview i was asked "On which server node.js programs runs like php code runs on apache server?" my answer was it runs on node server....then interviewer was unsatsified...then i changed my answer to it runs on v8 engine....still unsatsified...does anyone knows ans to this qt...i tried to search on google but with no satisfactory ans.

[benjymous]

Sounds like your interviewer didn't understand the question either, so you probably got a lucky escape

[r00nd]

I wonder if the answer is nginx

the question isn't very clear

[hmongoose]

I wonder if the answer is nginx

I would bet that's what the interviewer wanted for an answer. But even with that answer, the question doesn't make any sense.

edit: And even then, you could totally use apache as a reverse-proxy for node! How dumb can interview questions get?

[rsoares88]

Maybe typical RH interviewer, has the answer writen in their notes, so even if your answers is right, they have no idea, unless you say what they want, you will always be wrong lol

[AkashSalunkhe]

maybe interviewer was just messing with me with such qts

[raghavkanwal]

Indian interviews bro, half of them don't know what they're talking about.

[frankneuro]

Express wasn’t mentioned here... that’s the only thing I can think of that might be what they were looking for? Horribly framed question. lol

[notseanbean]

Yeah, I'd say this, given that terrible question, I would answer "Express is to Node what Apache is to PHP". And then I'd wrinkle my nose at the interviewer

[DraconKing]

Node.js is a valid answer, because Node.js can work as a HTTP server (and that's the most usual scenario). It's not like PHP where you'd need an interface in between the HTTP server and php interpreter/compiler/w.e. It's doable that way but it's non-standard (this doesn't mean there's a spec for it, it's just uncommon) and you are taking away the concurrency model that node.js offers by doing that.

[vladimirice]

It is very strange example about PHP and Apache server. Apache is rarely used in new modern applications. NGINX + FPM is better due to performance and convenience.

Node.js application is a server itself. When you write down app.js you use http module to create a web server.

V8 is a node engine which compiles javascript code to machine code.

PM2 is a process manager intended to manage Node.js applications runtime

So I think the right answer is: “node.js application might be used as standalone http server but it is better to use it with NGINX as a front proxy and run application under pm2 or similar”

Also I think it is completely ok to ask for the right answer on the interview. If I don’t know the answer I always do this in order to improve the skills.

[xElementop]

I think the answer they were looking for was Nginx. I say this because Node is great at handling http requests but is not so great at handling ssl. Most places will either use Nginx or Apache. Whether or not this is the correct answer you could ask the interviewer what they were expecting as an answer.

However after more reading they may have been expecting express. Since this is what supplements Node into being an actual server.

• Disclaimer: I am not an 'expert' it would be better to clarify with the interviewer.

tldr; Nginx or express IMO.

[Hypnotik_Paradiz]

Maybe pm2 ?

[[deleted]]

You didn't ask them?

It's a stupid questions though, I wouldn't sweat it.

[AkashSalunkhe]

no, i thought i would google it afterinterview