Node.js is an avant-garde event-driven system, which is used to develop scalable web apps. It’s built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine and it handles requests and responses between a web server and a huge number of users more effectively than any traditional platform. What makes Node.js special is the fact that in difference between traditional platforms that handle the information in giant hunks, it handles everything in small bits. For instance, if a user needs to fill in a few fields on an Internet site, Node.js processes the info from the first field the second it’s typed, utilizing the server’s processing resources more effectively. In comparison, conventional platforms wait for all the fields to be filled and while the info in them is being processed, requests from other users remain in the queue. The difference may be negligible for a single user, but it indeed does make a difference when an immense number of people are using a site at once. Several examples of websites where Node.js can be used are dinner reservation portals, online chat rooms or interactive browser-based game portals, in other words websites that need quick real-time interaction.

Node.js in Cloud Website Hosting

You’ll be able to use Node.js with each and every cloud website hosting package that we offer, as the platform is present on our cloud servers and can be added to an existing web hosting account with a couple of clicks of the mouse. Once you sign in to your Hepsia Control Panel, you’ll see Node.js under the Upgrades menu where you can select the number of instances that you’d like to activate. One instance means that one single app will use the platform and you will be able to add as many instances to your account as you need. A new menu will appear in the Control Panel soon after that and to start using Node.js, you will need to indicate the path to the .js file that will use it and to decide if the connection will proceed through the server’s shared IP or through a dedicated one. The controls inside Hepsia will also permit you to restart or to cancel an instance and to see any given app’s output.