Reasons to Choose Node js for Web Application Development

Selecting a mobile application development framework that suits your business requirements is a challenging task. It is essential for developers to evaluate multiple options and select one that fulfills project requirements as comprehensively as possible. A typical evaluation exercise involves being able to answer the following questions - 

• Does the framework have a sizeable support community?

• Is rapid application development possible?

• Can the framework provide features essential for the project?

• Does it provide scalability?

A technology framework that our mobile application development team at Oodles Technologies uses often is Node.js. Node.js is an open source JavaScript framework that provides a server-side development environment to develop real-time web and mobile applications. Apps designed with Node.js are fast and highly scalable. The framework uses non-blocking and event-based I/O model which is suitable for developing data-intensive, real-time web and mobile applications. 

Let’s find out why Node.js is a popular framework for web application development:  

Real-Time Applications: 

Node.js enables android app developers to create multi-user chat and gaming apps in real-time. It is an ideal fit for programs that need event-based and non-blocking driven servers. Big industry players like Netflix, Trello, eBay, PayPal, LinkedIn have built their apps using Node.js to receive fast and scalable solutions. Node.js receives extensive support from various cloud platforms which makes it an ideal choice for building real-time applications. 

High-Performance Capabilities 

Node.js uses Google’s V8 engine that provides an exceptional running speed. The node.js development framework has high-performance capabilities in comparison to .Net or Java. It enables mobile app development companies to reduce the response time of their apps by 35%. With Node.js developers can use Javascript on both backend and frontend  to increase productivity significantly. 

Largest Package Ecosystem 

Node.js is an open-source technology with a shared warehouse of good-to-go tools and modules. Daily 300 new packages are added to the Node Package Manager (NPM) and it currently holds more than 300,000, packages, making it the largest package ecosystem. The framework of Node.js is ultra fast and robust which enables working on core applications easier. 

Ideal for Data Sreaming

Data Streaming is the most powerful applications of Node.js.  Data-driven platforms like Netflix use lightweight and fast Node.js framework to reduce their startup time by 70 per cent. Netflix uses Node.js to do the A/B testing for massive amounts of data to ensure efficiency and scalablility. 

Are you considering Node.js to build reliable, real-time and scalable web applications? Contact Oodles Technologies, we are a leading Node.JS Web Development company that creates web and mobile apps using non-blocking, event-driven, and lightweight V8 engine by Google. We also provide mobile app development services using frameworks like React.js, Angular.js, Mean Stack, and more.