Node.js has been getting great press for being used to build real-time web applications and fast networking tools that help big web sites run and scale. But is Node just as good a fit for web agencies ...

Online payment service PayPal says swapping Java for node.js on its servers is allowing it to serve web pages more rapidly and simplifying the creation of server-side software. PayPal has moved from ...

Staying ahead of the curve is no longer a choice. It has become a necessity. As of November 2024, Node.js powers 3.9% of websites globally, according to Web Technology Surveys. That includes giants ...

Over the weekend, over 200 teams of developers met up to participate in Node.js Knockout, a 48 hour coding competition with one basic rule: you *had* to use node.js to build your app. The deadline was ...

Node.js is an open source, cross-platform runtime environment for building server side and networking applications using JavaScript. Node.js provides an asynchronous, event driven framework to build ...

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Most enterprise computing shops are engrained quite heavily in a particular development platform, with the two key players in the enterprise computing world being Oracle's Java EE platform and ...

Node.js is a lean, fast, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that is useful for both servers and desktop applications. Scalability, latency, and throughput are key performance indicators for ...

If you want to build lightweight, fast, REST APIs, or provide server support for AJAX-intense Rich Internet Applications such as Gmail, or develop scalable systems that can support thousands of ...

Node.js specialist RisingStack Inc. has published a new survey that shows the top paint point reported by developers working with the open source JavaScript-based runtime environment is debugging.