Node.js

Modern app development relies heavily on APIs (Application Programming Interface) in order to deliver high-quality services and features to users. Node.js uses asynchronous APIs, also known as non-blocking.

When an API is called in a Node.js server, the server doesn’t wait for a response from the API before moving on to the next one. An easy way to visualize this is to think of a single file line. Synchronous APIs need to wait their turn, one after another, call and response before the server moves on. Non-blocking APIs don’t have to wait for a response which increases the performance capacity of the server.

Buffered data can cause a poor User Experience in your web application. One of the major upsides of using Node.js is that it never buffers data. Instead of buffering data, web applications built with Node.js release data in chunks.

Fast web applications with no buffering help retain users through a great User Experience. Our team takes great pride in delivering our partners web applications that provide users with a stunning User Experience and run fast. Node.js makes that mission easier since it doesn’t have to buffer data.

At Koombea, we love scalability because we understand that needs can change, sometimes quite rapidly. Node.js is highly scalable, which makes it a great web development tool to use when building web applications.

The scalability of Node.js can be attributed to the single-threaded model with event looping it employs. Traditional web servers create a limited amount of threads to handle requests. Node.js has a single thread that allows it to handle a larger number of requests than a server like Apache HTTP.

Scalability is one of the most important things that businesses that are looking to grow need to consider. Node.js makes scaling vertically and horizontally as simple as adding new nodes and resources.

Modern users expect and want speed out of all their applications. Node.js is built on one of the Internet's fastest engines, Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. When it comes to code execution, the Node.js library is extremely fast, and this helps web developers create powerful, useful web applications using Node.js.