diff --git a/src/documentation/0006-v8/index.md b/src/documentation/0006-v8/index.md index 133d9fc1e2..3a9af9aace 100644 --- a/src/documentation/0006-v8/index.md +++ b/src/documentation/0006-v8/index.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: The V8 JavaScript Engine description: "V8 is the name of the JavaScript engine that powers Google Chrome. It's the thing that takes our JavaScript and executes it while browsing with Chrome. V8 provides the runtime environment in which JavaScript executes. The DOM and the other Web Platform APIs are provided by the browser." -authors: flaviocopes, smfoote, co16353sidak, MylesBorins, LaRuaNa, andys8, ahmadawais +authors: flaviocopes, smfoote, co16353sidak, MylesBorins, LaRuaNa, andys8, ahmadawais, karlhorky section: Getting Started --- @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ V8 is the name of the JavaScript engine that powers Google Chrome. It's the thin V8 provides the runtime environment in which JavaScript executes. The DOM, and the other Web Platform APIs are provided by the browser. -The cool thing is that the JavaScript engine is independent by the browser in which it's hosted. This key feature enabled the rise of Node.js. V8 was chosen to be the engine that powered Node.js back in 2009, and as the popularity of Node.js exploded, V8 became the engine that now powers an incredible amount of server-side code written in JavaScript. +The cool thing is that the JavaScript engine is independent of the browser in which it's hosted. This key feature enabled the rise of Node.js. V8 was chosen to be the engine that powered Node.js back in 2009, and as the popularity of Node.js exploded, V8 became the engine that now powers an incredible amount of server-side code written in JavaScript. The Node.js ecosystem is huge and thanks to it V8 also powers desktop apps, with projects like Electron.