A few topics into node below.
Node would be mysterious and overly confusing without some JavaScript knowledge.
JavaScript on the Server and more
Learn About Buffers in Node
An Introduction To the Native Crypto Module
Spawning, etc
A Server, The Internet, and Network Requests
CJS, ESM,
Architecture, cpu info, user info, hostname, and more
Standard IO, Process details, and os details
Streams are one of Node's most interesting and impactful features
An Introduction To Testing Using Core Node Functionality
An Introduction To Encrypting & Decrypting Data
An Introduction To Creating Random Bytes + buffers
Handle Promise Rejections
The power of the Event Loop can lead devs to build node systems reliably
Errors get natively "bubbled up", which can be useful
Events in Node are Underrated!
Errors
crud apis, auth, db connections, load-testing, scaling....