Node.js is an event-driven runtime system built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It’s used by scalable applications that need live interaction between a web server and the online users and can substantially accelerate the performance of any site that uses it. Node.js is designed to process HTTP requests and responses and incessantly supplies little amounts of info. For example, in case a new user fills a subscription form, as soon as any information is inserted in one of the boxes, it is delivered to the server even if the rest of the boxes are not filled out and the user has not clicked any button, so the information is handled a lot faster. In contrast, other systems wait for the entire form to be filled and one giant chunk of information is then delivered to the server. Regardless of how tiny the difference in the information processing time may be, things change if the Internet site expands and there are lots of persons using it at the same time. Node.js can be used by booking sites, interactive browser-based video games or online chat clients, for instance, and a lot of companies, including Yahoo, eBay and LinkedIn, have already integrated it into their services.

Node.js in Cloud Website Hosting

All cloud website hosting that we are offering come with Node.js and you are able to add this leading-edge platform to your shared account using the Add Services/Upgrades menu in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You can select the amount of instances for this specific upgrade, i.e. how many different platforms/websites will use Node.js at the same time, and you can activate as many instances as you want. The Hepsia Control Panel will also permit you to select the path to your .js application and to choose whether you’ll use a dedicated IP or the physical server’s shared one. Accessing Node.js will be possible through a randomly generated port number assigned by our cloud platform. What’s more, you can stop or restart any instance that you’ve added, edit the path to the .js app or check the output of the running instances with just several clicks from your web hosting Control Panel via a pretty easy-to-navigate interface.