Node.js is an event-driven system built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It is used for scalable web applications that require real-time interaction between a server and the online users and can considerably enhance the performance of any Internet site that uses it. Node.js is designed to handle HTTP web requests and responses and incessantly provides tiny bits of information. For instance, if a new user fills out a registration form, once any information is inserted in any of the boxes, it is sent to the server even if the other boxes are not filled and the user has not clicked any button, so the info is processed much faster. In comparison, traditional systems wait for the entire form to be filled and one massive hunk of information is then delivered to the server. Irrespective of how little the difference in the information processing time may be, circumstances change when the site expands and there’re a lot of persons using it simultaneously. Node.js can be used by booking portals, interactive web browser games or live chat apps, for example, and plenty of corporations, including eBay, Yahoo and LinkedIn, have already implemented it in their services.

Node.js in Shared Website Hosting

You will be able to use Node.js with each shared website hosting package that we’re offering, as the platform is present on our cloud servers and can be added to an existing account with several clicks. Once you log into your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you’ll find Node.js under the Upgrades menu where you can select how many instances you would like to get. One instance means that one single application will use Node.js and you’ll be able to add as many instances to your account as you want. A new section will show up in the Hepsia Control Panel soon after that and to start using Node.js, you’ll have to enter the path to the .js file that will use it and to decide if the connection should pass through the shared IP address of the server or through a dedicated one. The controls inside Hepsia will also enable you to restart or to suspend an instance and to check the output of any given application.