I don't think Node is necessarily encouraging the idea that JavaScript doesn't need to be tied to a browser, but it does indeed demonstrate that very well. Whil

I don't think Node is necessarily encouraging the idea that JavaScript doesn't need to be tied to a browser, but it does indeed demonstrate that very well. While I don't have a deep understanding of WebKit or the internals of how any browser works, I'm pretty sure V8 and WebKit are entirely separate as they should be. For instance, I don't believe Safari uses V8 even though it's built on WebKit. WebKit is more about parsing and displaying HTML, handling CSS, and interacting with DOM events. V8 is about parsing and executing JavaScript, regardless of environment. Node to mention, you can use Node to program servers that have nothing to do with HTML or a browser.