Microsoft and others have already adopted this technology to extend JavaScript beyond the browser. Still, software developers should beware the limits of Node.js.

Nest.js shines for its modern programming paradigms and modular approach to server-side JavaScript and TypeScript. Here's a hands-on intro.

For our lab at Stanford University, we needed to build a multiple-tier database and programming project. I took advantage of this opportunity to find out whether a NAS device would do the job.