Node.js is an advanced, open-source, event-driven, non-blocking input/output system used for Internet sites that offer interactive communication. Several instances of such websites would be online browser-based video game portals, live chat rooms or hotel booking portals. The platform handles the information exchanged between the site and its visitors in small bits, which enhances the load speed and the performance of the site noticeably. If some form with three boxes should be filled out by a user, for example, normally all three boxes should be filled out and their entire content is then forwarded as one sizeable chunk of information to the server. With Node.js, the content in the first box is processed once it is inserted, before the user types anything in the second box. Therefore, a lot more info can be processed much faster and more efficiently in comparison with any traditional system, which can have an immense effect on the site’s performance. Node.js is already being employed by some of the largest IT corporations such as Microsoft and Yahoo.
Node.js in Shared Web Hosting
When you host an Internet application on our leading-edge cloud platform and you wish to try Node.js, you’ll be able to add it to your web hosting account irrespective of the shared web hosting plan that you’re using. You can make this via the Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to take advantage of Node.js in no more than several minutes after you add this upgrade to the account. You can choose how many instances you would like to add to your account – one instance means that one app will be using Node.js. In the new section that will show up in the Control Panel, you can write the path to the .js file in your hosting account and select whether that file will be accessible via the server’s shared IP address or through a dedicated IP. Our system will also specify a port number for the connection. You’ll be able to terminate or to restart each instance separately, if necessary.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers
Node.js is available with all dedicated web hosting plans on which our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed. The latter offers a very intuitive and easy-to-use interface, so even if you have not used the Node.js platform before, you’ll be able to unleash its true potential in just a few simple steps. As soon as you have uploaded the app’s content, you will need to add the folder path to the specific .js files that will use the Node.js platform and to select the IP address that they’ll use (dedicated or shared), whereas our system will designate a random port number that will be used to access the files in question. There’s no restriction as to the total amount of Node.js instances that you can create and use simultaneously and you’ll have total command over them through the Hepsia Control Panel – you’ll be able to add new ones or to delete/restart existing ones, to see the output log for each app, etc.