Node.js is a cutting-edge event-driven platform, which is used to develop scalable web applications. It’s built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine and it handles requests and responses between a server and a huge number of Internet users more efficiently than any conventional system. What makes Node.js unique is the fact that in contrast to traditional platforms which handle the info in huge hunks, it handles everything in small bits. As an illustration, if a user needs to fill several fields on a site, Node.js handles the info from the first field once it’s inserted, utilizing the server processing time more efficiently. In comparison, conventional systems wait for all the fields to be filled and while the information in them is being processed, requests from other users remain in the queue. The difference may be insignificant for a single user, but it actually does make a difference if an enormous number of individuals are visiting a website simultaneously. Several instances of Internet sites where Node.js can be used are dinner reservation portals, web-based chat rooms or interactive browser game portals, i.e. sites that offer quick real-time interaction.

Node.js in Website Hosting

If you host an Internet application on our leading-edge cloud website hosting platform and you’d like to try Node.js, you will be able to add it to your web hosting account irrespective of the website hosting plan that you use. You can make this from the Upgrades section in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to take advantage of Node.js in no more than a couple of minutes after you add this feature to the account. You can select how many instances you would like to add to the account – one instance means one application using Node.js. In the new section that will appear in the Control Panel, you can include the path to the .js file in your web hosting account and choose if that file will be accessible via the shared IP address of the physical server or through a dedicated one. Our system will also specify a port for the connection. You’ll be able to disable or to reboot each instance separately, in case it is needed.