Node.js: Using JavaScript to Build High-Performance Network Programs

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Abstract

One of the more interesting developments recently gaining popularity in the server-side JavaScript space is Node.js. It's a framework for developing high-performance, concurrent programs that don't rely on the mainstream multithreading approach but use asynchronous I/O with an event-driven programming model.

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Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Cloud Computing and Remote Desktop Technologies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Publication Details

Published in: IEEE Internet Computing

Volume 14, Issue 6, pp. 80-83

DOI: 10.1109/mic.2010.145

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