{"id":6500,"date":"2023-07-06T09:01:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T09:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsoftoms.org\/?p=6500"},"modified":"2023-07-06T09:19:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T09:19:20","slug":"nodejs-a-resource-for-javascript-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsoftoms.org\/nodejs-a-resource-for-javascript-development\/","title":{"rendered":"NodeJS Hub: Your Go-To Resource for JavaScript Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JavaScript is the most popular and exciting programming language. Decades have passed, but advancement has always succeeded us all in providing the best possible tech stacks. Libraries, frameworks, and technologies are excellent in developing a successful web venture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vue, Angular, Next.js, Nodejs, Reactjs, and others are among the top ones to achieve great stature in the tech world. But out of all these advances, Node has made a remarkable journey in providing the best web app development services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a recent survey as of July 2023, there is a commendable increase in the use and traffic of Nodejs, i.e. it is witnessed as one of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/details\/ws-nodejs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">popular web servers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backend technology has gained only some of this skyrocketing popularity overnight. It has been constantly updating itself year after year. The latest version of Node is <\/span>Nodejs 20<b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which has again brought a lot of curiosity among software developers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are over 6.3 million websites that are using Node, and it is very much popular among the U.S.A. web app developers. A user majorly approaches the advancement to build eCommerce, IoT, crowdfunding, or payment processing apps. It works well on Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, etc. And also, it has many other great benefits, which we will discuss in the blog later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let&#8217;s quickly dive into the definition of Nodejs and get all our facts straight before moving deep into its services and benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsoftoms.org\/nodejs-a-resource-for-javascript-development\/#What_is_Nodejs\" title=\"What is Nodejs?\">What is Nodejs?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsoftoms.org\/nodejs-a-resource-for-javascript-development\/#Core_advantages_of_Nodejs_development\" title=\"Core advantages of Nodejs development\">Core advantages of Nodejs development<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsoftoms.org\/nodejs-a-resource-for-javascript-development\/#How_does_Nodejs_architecture_function\" title=\"How does Nodejs architecture function?\">How does Nodejs architecture function?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsoftoms.org\/nodejs-a-resource-for-javascript-development\/#Why_is_Nodejs_popular_among_developers\" title=\"Why is Nodejs popular among developers?\">Why is Nodejs popular among developers?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsoftoms.org\/nodejs-a-resource-for-javascript-development\/#What_apps_can_you_extensively_create_with_Nodejs\" title=\"What apps can you extensively create with Node.js?\">What apps can you extensively create with Node.js?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsoftoms.org\/nodejs-a-resource-for-javascript-development\/#On_a_concluding_note\" title=\"On a concluding note\">On a concluding note<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Nodejs\"><\/span><b>What is Nodejs?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Node is not a programming language or a framework, or a library. It is defined as a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome&#8217;s V8 engine. Nodejs is also written in C, C++, and JavaScript.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2009, Ryan Dahl, the developer of Node, released his very dear innovation to us. Due to the major drawbacks of Apache HTTP, the world got a new JS tech. The goal behind the development of Node was to overcome all the issues related to Apache.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The advancement offers great scalability with parallel code execution. It also introduced new logic and different approaches toward JavaScript server-side development. Also, the digital revolution introduced a single-threaded event loop model to perform all requests simultaneously. Thus, it has ensured to turn every unturned aspect of a web app solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Core_advantages_of_Nodejs_development\"><\/span><b>Core advantages of Nodejs development<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many Nodejs development benefits, and we will discuss them in detail, but some are listed below.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It facilitates speedy executions with a V8 engine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Node Package Manager (npm) provides over 50,000 package bundles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is asynchronous.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a large community of active experts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The advancement is easy to learn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conventional websites and backend API services are well-created using Nodejs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, come to the technical part of its architecture and the core functioning. Let&#8217;s have a look at it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_Nodejs_architecture_function\"><\/span><b>How does Nodejs architecture function?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When creating an online business requiring constant requests, let&#8217;s say, an eCommerce website where the users are constantly sending requests for items, placing orders, and browsing through the solution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To handle multiple clients, Node successfully uses single-threaded event loop architecture. Now, what is so different than other runtimes? In a multiple-threaded request model, multiple clients send a request, and the server responds to a request after processing each one. However, multiple threads are used to process callbacks. All the threads are defined in a thread pool, and for every request, a specific thread is assigned to look at it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nodejs works differently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It manages a very limited thread pool for server requests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A request received is put in a queue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The renowned feature&#8217; event loop&#8217; plays an important role at this point. It waits for requests indefinitely.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a request is received, the loop checks from the queue whether a blocking input\/output (I\/O) action is needed or not. If not, then it proceeds forward by responding to the request.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event loop selects a thread from the internal thread pool to continue with the process of other requests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The event loop monitors blocking requests and add them to the queue. It keeps a non-blocking functioning of the whole solution.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, Node uses fewer threads, which results in less memory generation, helping in faster task execution. So, it fulfills all the requirements and is equivalent to providing services of a multi-threaded architecture. This JS popular is the best choice for an app that has to run in real-time and has to undergo changes &amp; updates with digital inventions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After looking at the whole architecture, you are pretty much clear on its scalability and robustness. Let&#8217;s quickly dive into some more advantages of Nodejs that are welcomed by developers across the globe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_Nodejs_popular_among_developers\"><\/span><b>Why is Nodejs popular among developers?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nodejs development works best for developers as it provides new yearly updates. And Node is very easy to execute, learn, and develop a solution with its services. Let&#8217;s look into some of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Easy to learn: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As it is a JavaScript advancement, it is easy to learn. JS has been around for a while and has a huge community to help with any query. So, learning Node is just a matter of a few weeks. And for someone unaware of JS, it might take a little longer, but it is pretty much easy to understand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Scalability and fast speed: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nodejs handles concurrent requests at a time. The major reason for its popularity is this particular functionality. It handles all the requests without overstraining a server. A callback takes place only after a request is made. And so, the tech is not a hindrance in any other functionality. It also helps avoid the usage of RAM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, with the help of the V8 engine, it performs every task on time with speed and proper execution. The asynchronous and single-thread event loop plays a pivotal role in making it a speedy JS runtime environment. Thus, reading\/writing a file system, network connection, or database execution is done easily with Nodejs. The experts get the upper hand in developing agile and highly scalable apps that can handle bulk requests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mobile-friendly &amp; lightweight: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has cross-platform abilities to perform smoothly across Linux, Windows, or Mac OS. Such flexibility helps Node to be a mobile-friendly tech tool. And also allows developers to write apps that run on varied platforms with slight modifications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Node is a single-thread web technology that allows quick client requests. It reduces the coding and lays a foundation for non-blocking I\/O features. And this is a lightweight advancement because of the V8 engine and non-blocking models.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cloud-based hosting providers: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many cloud-based hosting providers and web servers facilitate Nodejs. Heroku, AWS, Digital Ocean, Google, Microsoft IIS, etc., are among them. So, it is easy to host Nodejs from anywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Easy to modify &amp; maintain: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nodejs always adapt with time. And, with it comes many perks that allow a developer to modify and maintain its solution easily. Node makes small and big apps at ease and provides great new functionalities. The code base is ever-evolving with other surrounding tech changes. Thus, one learns and implements in real-time with <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsoftoms.org\/new-features-of-node-js-18-and-why-it-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nodejs app development<\/a> services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ability to cache: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is indeed popular for its caching abilities. Caching deals with the storage of data for future requests. With Node, the request made is fetched from the cache instead of the main server. And so, the solution made by the tech loads faster and responds quicker than other tech stacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are some of Node&#8217;s benefits or functionalities that make it popular among developers. Before ending the blog, let us serve you with the last piece of information, a very important one related to NOde. Of course, you must know about it, but we will like to remind you about it for once.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_apps_can_you_extensively_create_with_Nodejs\"><\/span><b>What apps can you extensively create with Node.js?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One can make all kinds of apps with Node. Below are some exceptions you can make with the JS popular.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single-page apps like Portfolio<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social media apps like LinkedIn<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real-time apps like Whatsapp<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Streaming solutions like Netflix<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an eCommerce platform like Walmart<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blog apps or sites<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mobile apps as it is easily able to work with frameworks like Express and others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"On_a_concluding_note\"><\/span><b>On a concluding note<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webmobtech.com\/nodejs-development-services\/?utm_source=GP&amp;utm_medium=ST&amp;utm_campaign=Link%20Building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>node js development service<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the best resource for a JavaScript-backed online venture. You will get all the necessary software development services for your project in this runtime environment. From a single-threaded event loop to a V8 engine, it provides extensively scalable and easy-to-manage architecture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, you know why it is the most loved digital advancement to date. Rope into it and develop a great software solution for your business. Invade the online space with the right set of teams and an evolving tech stack like Nodejs development.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JavaScript is the most popular and exciting programming language. Decades have passed, but advancement has always succeeded us all in providing the best possible tech stacks. Libraries, frameworks, and technologies are excellent in developing a successful web venture. 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