NodeJs:-Applications, like Uber that may see a large number of concurrent users are best built using Node.
Shweta Kumari
Manager at EY | FSRM - Credit Risk | Data Science | Ex-TCS | Python| SAS | Banking | CCAR/ IFRS9/ IRB/ Basel/ APRA | Climate Risk |Agriculture Engineer |
Node.js is the most sought after technology built on google chrome V8 javascript engine that enables event driven programming to the web server. It works on a non blocking I/O model that's make it lightweight and efficient. It is used in server side coding, maintaining routes for different APIs and manipulating database. It helps to develop fast, clean, usable and scalable network applications.
Benefits
- Node offers extraordinary features which enables you to run your application in real time - specifically chat and gaming apps.
- With the use of Node.js you can write both the browser and server application in javascript.
- Nodejs applications can be run on a variety of servers including Microsoft windows, Mac OS X and Unix.plus.
- With the Nodejs event-loop, you can create a powerful web-based dashboard that checks the service’ status in an asynchronous manner and pushes data to clients using websocket.
- With the Node.js security you can secure your user and customer data.
- With the Node package manager (NPM) you can keep your code simple and it underlies the many PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) providers for Node.js.
Examples
- Vroom
- sopnop
- imagine cup
- finzy
- Chat
Frameworks
- Express.js
- Sails.js
- Socket.js
- Koa.js
- Hapi.js
- Mojito
- Mean.js
- Total.js
- Meteor.js
- Derby
Companies thriving on Node.js
Node.js has sought after option for brands like Walmart, Yahoo, eBay, PayPal, Linkedin etc. NASA uses Node.js to build the present and future systems supporting spaceship operations and development.
This article was originally published on https://codewave.com/node-js-web-application-development-company-quality-driven-node-js-development-company/