Node.js is an event-driven runtime system, which uses Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It is used for scalable applications that need real-time interaction between a web server and the worldwide web users and can considerably enhance the performance of any website that’s using it. Node.js is designed to handle HTTP requests and responses and incessantly supplies tiny bits of info. For example, if a new user fills out a subscription form, as soon as any info is inserted in any of the boxes, it’s delivered to the server even if the remaining boxes are not filled and the user has not clicked on any button, so the information is processed a whole lot faster. In contrast, traditional platforms wait for the whole form to be filled and one sizeable chunk of information is then sent to the server. No matter how little the difference in the processing time may be, things change when the website expands and there’re numerous users using it at the same time. Node.js can be used by online booking portals, interactive web browser games or online chat clients, for example, and lots of corporations, including eBay, Yahoo and LinkedIn, have already incorporated it into their services.
Node.js in Shared Web Hosting
As Node.js is present on our leading-edge cloud hosting platform, you’ll be able to add it to your web hosting account and to use it for any web app that you have, regardless of which shared web hosting package you have chosen during the subscription process. The Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all shared website hosting account, will allow you to select the number of instances that you want to order – this is the number of the web apps that will use Node.js. A couple of minutes later, you can define the path to the app, in other words the location of the .js file in your shared account, as well as to select the IP address to gain access to that file – a dedicated IP address or the server’s shared one. In the new Node.js menu that will appear in the Control Panel, you’ll be able to restart an instance or to stop it in case you don’t need it anymore. You’ll also be provided with access to the output code with just a click of the mouse.
Node.js in Dedicated Hosting
You will be able to make use of the Node.js platform with your real-time, script-powered software apps at no additional cost when you purchase one of our Linux dedicated servers hosting packages and select the Hepsia hosting Control Panel during the order procedure. The Node.js instances can be administered from the Node.js section of the Hepsia CP via a simple-to-use interface, which will allow you to start/stop/restart any instance or to view the output of the application which uses it with only one click. Even if you’re not very experienced, you’ll be able to use the platform, as all you’ll need to do to set it up is insert the path to the .js file and select the IP address that will be used to access the latter – a shared or a dedicated one. A randomly generated port will be set automatically too and you’ll see the upsides of running Node.js momentarily. By combining the Node.js platform with the power of our dedicated servers, you can use the full potential of your applications and to get the best possible performance.