Overview
IBM® Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 18.0 provides a stand-alone JavaScript runtime and server-side JavaScript solution for building Node.js native and JavaScript modules for the IBM zSystems platform.
Node.js is a runtime framework that enables you to write server applications that use the syntax and structures of JavaScript.
Node.js extends JavaScript by providing features
such as:
- The creation, modification, and deletion of local (server-side) files
- Event-driven, non-blocking I/O model
- Scalability
- A very small "footprint" on the server
- API orchestration
- Web applications
- Full-stack development
The Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js is a z/OS® port based on the open source community Node.js 18 LTS release and provides the following extensions:
- Support for IBM z/OS, including interoperability, diagnostic, and monitoring capabilities
- Additional Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features