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Benefits of using Node.js for Business Applications

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At present, as a cross-platform runtime environment, Node.js enables developers to run JavaScript on the web servers. But Node.js is different from other commonly used JavaScript frameworks. However, it is also important for the web developers to understand the major advantages of Node.js. Easy to Scale: The developers have the option to scale the Node.js applications in both vertical and horizontal manners. They can scale the application horizontally by adding extra nodes to the existing system. Likewise, they also have the option to add more resources to individual nodes while scaling the Node.js application vertically. These options make Node.js more scalable than other JavaScript frameworks available in the market. Delivers Improved Performance: Node.js executed JavaScript code through Google’s V8 JavaScript engine. The engine compiled the code written in JavaScript into machine code directly. So the code is executed in a faster and more efficient way. Also, the runti...
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Implementing Serverless Node.js Functions Using Google Cloud

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Creating a Serverless Node.js Application To make our code executable in GCF (Google Cloud Functions), we should wrap the code inside one single function. GCF will call that particular function whenever the trigger occurs. The possible ways to do this are uploading, Single file: Export a default function that will call other functions based on the request. Multiple files: Have an  index.js  file requiring all other files and exporting the default function as starting point. Multiple files: Have one main file configured in  package.json  using  "main": "main.js"  as the starting point. Any of the above methods will work. GCF has a particular Node runtime version supported. Make sure the code is written to support that particular version. At the time of creating this post, GCF supports Node version v6.11.1. To create a function, There are few options to consider. Memory  This tells how much memory is needed to process the request f...
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Top 3 most popular Node.js frameworks for 2018

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Enhancing JavaScript capability for server-side scripting, Node.js Framework development has come to the forefront among the programming languages in 2018. Node.js brought a noteworthy move, of running JavaScript outside the browser which is largely acknowledged by the JavaScript developers. Being technology contributors we are already aware of the Node.js backend development and web application development capability. Due to its distinguished features, Node.js is high on the demand of backend developer community and technology giants. Major features consist of the single-threaded event loop and asynchronous and non-blocking input/output processing. Using this primary features and approaches of Node.js, many performance-driven frameworks are being innovated. These Node.js frameworks can be leveraged to speed up development cycles and gear up the power of Node.js development, In addition, these frameworks also let you to craft real-time end to end web applications without any ot...
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8 Tips to build better Node.js Apps

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In this article, we’ve collected few tips that we think you should follow while developing Node.js Apps. Tip #1: Use  async  –  await Async – await landed in Node.js 8 with a boom. It changed how we handle async events and simplified previously mind-boggling code bases. Tip #2: Get acquainted with  import  and  import() ES modules are already widely used with transpilers or the @std/esm library. They are natively supported since Node.js 8.5 behind the  --experimental-modules  flag, but there is still a long way until they become production ready. Tip #3: Get familiar with HTTP/2 HTTP/2 is available since Node.js 8.8 without a flag. It has server push and multiplexing, which paves the way for efficient native module loading in browsers. Some frameworks – like Koa and Hapi – partially support it. Others – like Express and Meteor – are working on the support. HTTP/2 is still experimental in Node.js, but we expect to bring wide ado...
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