What is DIRTy applications in Node.js?

There actually is an acronym for the types of applications Node is designed for DIRT. It stands for data-intensive real-time applications. Because Node itself is very lightweight on I/O, it’s good at shuffling or proxying data from one pipe to another. It allows a server to hold a number of connections open while handling many … Read more

What is Node.js?

Node.js is an open-source, server-side JavaScript runtime environment that allows developers to run JavaScript code on the server. It was initially created by Ryan Dahl in 2009 and has since gained widespread popularity for building scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model, making it well-suited for building real-time applications and handling a … Read more