Can I use jQuery with Node.js?

Question

Is it possible to use jQuery selectors/DOM manipulation on the server-side using Node.js?

Answer 1

The module jsdom is a great tool. But if you want to evaluate entire pages and do some funky stuff on them server side I suggest running them in their own context:

vm.runInContext

So things like require / CommonJS on site will not blow your Node process itself.

You can find documentation here. Cheers!