Six Things Developers Should Know About Node.js of JavaScript

Posted By : Kiran Bisht | 18-Oct-2014

JavaScript has become famous all around the world amongst developers. It is coming up with new and enhanced tools. And Node.js is a platform which is built on Chrome's JavaScript run-time for building fast and scalable network applications with ease. Node.js is becoming wildly popular, coders everywhere using it to build APIs and create a new environment of interoperability across the Internet.

 

Node.js is a highly customizable server engine, but it does not do anything until you set it up. It ships with workhorse connectors as well as libraries related to SSL, filesystem access, UDP and TCP etc. JavaScript is tuned for web browser’s even loop matrix for network events and graphical user interface. It is also a very good language for wiring these connectors.

Node.js is a runtime system which makes it simple to create a network or any other event-driven app servers. And it is also a perfect skill to create incredible career opportunities for software developers.

 

JavaScript Object Notation Is A Winner

 

JSON is an extremely famous data exchange format. It allows JavaScript developers to simply build APIs and support the ability of a computer system to run application programs as well as interact with other computers effortlessly. During the initial days of the web, developers had to manipulate, filter and operate dynamic data in the browser by the only comprehensible non-plugin language which was JavaScript. Dependency on JSON for general data description gave birth to document oriented NoSQL databases like MongoDB.  

 

Stream Data With Node.js

 

Node.js can be used to develop some amazing features such as, it is possible to process any file while it is still being uploaded, as the data comes in via a stream, and the developer can process it in an online fashion. Developers can use it for video encoding, real-time audio and proxying among different data sources. If you receive a massive amount of data, your database can become congested, but Node.js has the capability to handle the simultaneous connections easily.

 

Node.js As A Proxy

 

Node.js can be easily used as a server-side proxy to handle a huge amount of concurrent connections in a non-blocking way. Node.js is especially useful for proxying data collection from various source points and or for different services with differ response times. Although there are some other brilliant proxy servers but using Node.js can be helpful is you need a solution for local development. Developer can build a client-side application with Node.js server for proxying API requests, and also for assets.  

 

It Has Become Easy To Share

 

It wasn’t so easy sharing before Node.js came. Now it is absolutely easy and simple to share library code packages. The Node Package Manager has grown to a repository of almost 50,000 packages, which makes it likely that some other developers have already packaged up a solution to your problem. Node Package Manager is root of nearly all deployment system for Node.js. This is a very simple package management that has allowed node ecosystem to grow so well in the recent time.

 

System Monitoring Dashboard

 

With the help of Node.js event-loop, developer can build a strong web-based dashboard  to check the status of the service in an non-synchronous process, and then move forward the data to clients who are using websockets. By using this technology developers can report statuses of internal and public services live and in real-time.

 

Node.js Instrumentation

 

Node.js is nicely instrumented for the use of production. It has some amazing tools to help bring an app to perfect production performance and readiness. Node.js is moving towards its next big release, and it will have more polished tools now.

Node.js might not be the best, but it is maturing quickly. It is very easy to get started with Node.js. It’s smart enough to handle new type of web complexities.

If you are planning to build your next gene website, mainly APIs for mobile phone and web integration then go for Node.js.

 

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Kiran Bisht

Kiran Bisht is a Blogger and a Web Content Writer. She's a landscape photographer and a travel aficionado who loves traveling to the great Himalayas.

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