What is nodejs exactly?

Question

From what I have heard, nodejs is server - side JS.. So it must be having support for Databases.. Right?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

So now JS rules both front end and backend?

Answer 3

Can anyone give me a code example for event handling in JS.