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Why Node.Js Is So Popular Amongst Developers and Programmers?

Node.JS is the server-based technology which is used to create and run a huge number of web applications and is very similar to RoR(Ruby on Rails) ASP.NET, and Spring Framework does.

Varun Bhagat 20 Stories

Monday January 21, 2019 , 4 min Read

To talk about it in a simpler context, Web applications made in Node.JS is outshining other web applications by replacing the current WebSockets with advanced push technology. Now everyone asks this question that what is unique about it? Because we have cutting-edge technology with double-ways, real-time communication where both client and server can build communication, allowing businesses to exchange data with next level security.

Node.JS is the server-based technology which is used to create and run a huge number of web applications and is very similar to RoR(Ruby on Rails) ASP.NET, and Spring Framework does. It uses JavaScript as the main programming language which allows you to built new web application according to your requirements. In this post, we will discuss why Node.JS is so popular amongst developers and programmers.

1.JavaScript Everywhere

One of the main reasons why Node.JS is popular is because it uses the JavaScript as their main application to create new application. Plus, JavaScript is the only choice to develop new web applications in the web browser. The new and robust framework is intorduced to many new developers to create the wow factor. With Node.JS, JavaScript has changed the revolution on the server. This is the reason why more and more JavaScript based frameworks are getting more popular among developer community.

2.Easy to Maintain and Modify

Traditional web applications are becoming less rigid and adapative over times are new requirements are fed. The application starts to look outdated if it is not updated frequently. With Node.JS, a bunch of small applications is developed instead of building a small size web application. This allow web developers to add or change functionality with a lot of ease, without any need to make any changes in the source code.

3.It is Lightweight

All the Node.JS application uses a basic event-driven architecture. It means everything executed on it, including each and every operation, is called as a series of asynchronous callback. This allow Node.JS to run single threaded application easily unlike other web technologies where the new thread is spawned according to the request by the client. This not only makes the applications lightweight, but also creates the foundation for non-blocking I/O feature in Node.JS.

4.Lightning Fast

Node.JS is powered by JavaScript programming languages and uses V8 version which was developed by Google for Chrome web browsers. V8 offers the ability to compile and execute JavaScript at a rapid pace because it compiles JavaScript codes into native machine codes. In addition, Node.JS has the magical event loop, which is the single thread performing all the I/O operations in asynchronized manner. In Node.JS application when the application has to perform I/O operations, it will continue to perform in the entire application. After the sync operation is completed, the event loop will automatically return to the task to execute callback.

5.Easy to Maintain and Modify

Final Note

Node.JS is one of the most trending JavaScript framework at the moment. It offers huge number of features and possibilities to developers and developers can take advantage to build high-quality and robust web applications and scalable web applications as well. So, it is worthy for developers to try. Before its popularity decreases among the developer community.

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