Node.js is an event-driven runtime environment, which uses the Google V8 JavaScript engine. It’s used for scalable apps that need real-time interaction between a web server and the worldwide web users and can considerably enhance the performance of any website that uses it. Node.js is intended to handle HTTP requests and responses and ceaselessly delivers tiny amounts of information. For example, in case a new user fills out a signup form, the second any info is inserted in one of the boxes, it’s sent to the server even if the remaining fields are not filled out and the user hasn’t clicked any button, so the info is processed a lot faster. In comparison, traditional platforms wait for the entire form to be filled out and one giant chunk of information is then sent to the server. No matter how tiny the difference in the processing speed may be, circumstances change if the Internet site grows bigger and there’re numerous persons using it simultaneously. Node.js can be used by booking websites, real-time browser-based games or live chat applications, for example, and numerous corporations, including Yahoo, eBay and LinkedIn, have already included it in their services.

Node.js in Shared Hosting

All shared hosting offered by us include Node.js and you’re able to add this innovative platform to your shared hosting account using the Add Services/Upgrades menu in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You’ll be able to select the amount of instances for this upgrade, i.e. how many different sites/platforms will utilize Node.js simultaneously, and you can activate as many instances as you like. Hepsia will also permit you to choose the path to your .js app and to decide whether you’ll use a dedicated IP address or the server’s shared one. Accessing Node.js will be possible through a random port number designated by our cloud hosting platform. Also, you can stop or reboot any instance that you have added, edit the location of the .js application or check the running instances’ output with just several mouse clicks from your web hosting Control Panel using a really intuitive GUI.