First off, the Node.js Foundation and the JS Foundation, which the Linux Foundation launched in 2016, are merging to form the OpenJS Foundation.

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

JavaScript can be a boon if used with care—or a bane if used recklessly. Here are the 10 JavaScript concepts you’ll need to write scalable code in Node.js.