This may be dumb but I have to ask. How secure is nodejs since everything is written in javascript and..

Question

Since all javascript is accessible directly from the browser and also, does nodejs app perform less considering that they heavily depend on javascript. P.S I have never written a code in js

Answer 1

nodejs script are not accessible from browsers: nodejs run at server side, and is used to dynamically serve web pages...

however, javascript scripts used in html page are accessible from browser... that those files where you must be careful to not use sensitive data ^^

Answer 2

obviously, the server running nodejs should be correctly protected ;P