Node.js is an avant-garde event-driven system, which is used to develop scalable Internet apps. It uses Google's V8 JavaScript Engine and it processes requests and responses between a server and a huge number of online users more efficiently than any traditional system. What makes Node.js exceptional is the fact that unlike traditional systems that handle the information in large chunks, it processes everything in small bits. For example, when a user has to fill out several fields on a website, Node.js processes the info from the first field as soon as it is inserted, utilizing the server’s processing power more efficiently. In comparison, traditional systems wait for all the fields to be filled out and while the info from them is being processed, requests from other users stay in the queue. The difference may be negligible for a single user, but it indeed does make a difference if an enormous number of users are browsing a website at once. Several examples of websites where Node.js can be applied are dinner reservation portals, chat rooms or interactive browser-based video game portals, in other words sites that support fast real-time interaction.

Node.js in Hosting

Since Node.js is present on our leading-edge cloud hosting platform, you will be able to add it to your shared web hosting account and to utilize it for any web-based app that you’ve got, regardless of which hosting package you’ve picked during the order process. The Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes bundled with all accounts, will permit you to pick the number of instances that you want to have – this is the number of the web apps that will use Node.js. A couple of minutes later, you will be able to include the path to the application, i.e. where the .js file will be located in your hosting account, as well as to choose the IP address to obtain access to the file – a dedicated IP or the server’s shared one. In the new Node.js menu that will show up in the Control Panel, you’ll be able to restart an instance or to terminate it if you don’t want it anymore. You’ll also be granted access to the output code with only a click.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server from our company, you can make use of all the advantages that the Node.js event-driven platform offers, as it is comes with all our semi-dedicated server packages and you are able to add it to your semi-dedicated account with several clicks of the mouse from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the management tool that’s included with each semi-dedicated server. In case you’d like to use Node.js for different Internet apps, you can choose the number of instances that the platform will use when you are adding this service to your package. After that, you will need to indicate the location of the .js file in your account for each instance. You can do this in the new section that will show up in the Hepsia Control Panel after you add the upgrade and during the process, you can also select if the path to the given app should go through a dedicated IP address – if you have one, or through the server’s shared IP address. Each instance that you add can be rebooted or discontinued separately and you can see your apps’ output with only several clicks of the mouse.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

If you decide to get one of our dedicated web hosting plans for your script-based software apps and if you pick the Hepsia hosting Control Panel during the order procedure, you will be able to use Node.js at no extra cost, since the event-driven platform is integrated into our custom-developed tool. Since our servers are unbelievably powerful, you will enjoy excellent performance even if you use plenty of Node.js instances at the same time. The setup takes several clicks and the Hepsia Control Panel’s graphical user interface will make it very easy for you to create a new Node.js instance even if you’ve got little or no prior experience. Entering the path to the .js file and choosing a dedicated or a shared IP will be everything that you will need to do on your end and as soon as our system has selected a port to access that file, you’ll be all set. Any of the instances that you’ve created can be rebooted or canceled separately and you’ll have access to a comprehensive output log for each of the apps that use Node.js.