Node.js Globals Complete Reference
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05 Dec, 2022
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Node.js Global Objects are the objects that are available in all modules. Global Objects are built-in objects that are part of the JavaScript and can be used directly in the application without importing any particular module.
Example: It repeats the execution of the callback after every t time in milliseconds passed as a parameter.
// Executed after every 1000 milliseconds
// from the start of the program
setInterval(function A() {
return console.log('Hello World!');
}, 1000);
// Executed right away
console.log('Executed before A...');
Output:
Executed before A... Hello World! Hello World! Hello World! Hello World! Hello World! ...
The Complete list of NodeJS Global objects are listed below:
Node.js Globals | Description |
|---|---|
| Class: Buffer | Buffers are designed to handle binary raw data. Buffers allocate raw memory outside the V8 heap. |
| Node.js Timers module | The Timers module in Node.js contains various functions that allow us to execute a block of code |
| NodeJS console | Node.js console module is a global object that provides a simple debugging console |
| NodeJS imports and exports | Node.js also allows importing and exporting functions and modules. |
| NodeJS global | Node.js Global Objects are the objects that are available in all modules. |
| NodeJS module | The module.exports in Node.js is used to export any literal, function or object as a module. |
| NodeJS URL | The ‘url’ module provides utilities for URL resolution and parsing. |
| NodeJS URLSearchParams | The URLSearchParams API in Node.js allows read and write operations on the URL query. |
