Node.js is an event-driven platform built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It’s used by scalable web applications that need live interaction between a server and the worldwide web users and can substantially enhance the performance of any site that uses it. Node.js is designed to handle HTTP web requests and responses and incessantly provides small bits of info. For instance, in case a new user fills out a signup form, as soon as any info is inserted in one of the fields, it’s sent to the server even if the other boxes are not filled and the user hasn’t clicked on any button, so the information is handled much faster. In comparison, other systems wait for the whole form to be filled and one large hunk of information is then submitted to the server. No matter how tiny the difference in the information processing speed may be, circumstances change in case the Internet site expands and there’re many users using it at the same time. Node.js can be used by booking websites, interactive web browser video games or web-based chat portals, for example, and lots of corporations, among them Yahoo, eBay and LinkedIn, have already integrated it into their services.
Node.js in Website Hosting
When you host an Internet application on our leading-edge cloud hosting platform and you want to try out Node.js, you’ll be able to add it to your web hosting account irrespective of the website hosting plan that you use. This can be done via the Upgrades section in the Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to use Node.js in no more than a few minutes after you add this service to the account. You’ll be able to select the number of instances that you want 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 enter the path to the .js file in your web hosting account and choose if the file in question will be accessible via the physical server’s shared IP address or through a dedicated IP. Our platform will also allocate a port for the connection. You will be able to disable or to reboot each instance independently, if it’s necessary.