: How to use Node.Js in place of MySQL I want to know if it's possible to use Node.js in place of MySQL.

@Debbie626

No and yes.

No because Node.js is just a javascript library not a DB.

Yes because there's something being cooked right now called tingodb which is a DB and capable of replacing MySQL.
www.tingodb.com/

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@Annie201

No, it's not. Node.js and MySQL are completely different things.

From nodejs.org:

Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.


From mysql.com:

The world's most popular open source database


As you can see, one is a database (MySQL), the other one isn't.

You can however use MySQL and Node.js together, or you can use a plethora of other database systems in combination with Node.

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