Node.js is an event-driven runtime system, which uses the Google V8 JavaScript engine. It is used for scalable web apps that need real-time communication between a web server and the Internet users and can tremendously improve the performance of any Internet site that uses it. Node.js is designed to handle HTTP requests and responses and ceaselessly provides small bits of information. For example, in case a new user fills a registration form, the second any information is entered in one of the boxes, it is submitted to the server even if the remaining boxes are not filled and the user hasn’t clicked on any button, so the information is handled a whole lot faster. In contrast, other systems wait for the whole form to be filled and one large chunk of information is then sent to the server. No matter how small the difference in the processing speed may be, circumstances change if the site grows bigger and there are lots of people using it at the same time. Node.js can be used for booking sites, real-time web browser video games or online chat apps, for instance, and plenty of companies, among them LinkedIn, eBay and Yahoo, have already included it in their services.

Node.js in Website Hosting

All Linux website hosting packages offered by our company include Node.js and you will be able to add this avant-garde event-driven platform to your account using the Add Services/Upgrades link in your Hepsia Control Panel. You will be able to choose the number of instances for this upgrade, in other words how many different platforms/sites will make use of Node.js at once, and you can run as many instances as you require. Hepsia will also enable you to select the precise path to your .js app and to choose if you’ll use a dedicated IP address or the server’s shared one. Accessing Node.js will be possible using a random port designated by our cloud hosting platform. In addition, you can stop or restart any instance that you have activated, edit the location of the .js app or view the running instances’ output with only several clicks of the mouse from your web hosting Control Panel using a truly simple-to-navigate GUI.