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Asked: 2026-05-23T09:36:45+00:00

As I understand, node.js is useful for Java Script programmers, who can now develop

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As I understand, node.js is useful for Java Script programmers, who can now develop in server-side. Besides, some Java Script code can be ported from client-side to server-side.

Are there any other advantages for node.js in comparison with other server-side technologies (Java web frameworks, RoR, Django, etc.) ?

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    Package management

    Compared to Java’s Maven node.js package management system(npm) is the best ever.
    To me that alone should be enough to switch. The packages I recommend you to check out:

    • express
    • socket.io
    • node_redis
    • mongoose
    • everyauth

    You can search for packages using http://search.npmjs.org/

    Fast

    node.js is very fast(event-loop non-blocking) and also has very speedy native bindings(C). For example node_redis(C binding) benchmarks:

    PING: 20000 ops 46189.38 ops/sec 1/4/1.082
SET: 20000 ops 41237.11 ops/sec 0/6/1.210
GET: 20000 ops 39682.54 ops/sec 1/7/1.257
INCR: 20000 ops 40080.16 ops/sec 0/8/1.242
LPUSH: 20000 ops 41152.26 ops/sec 0/3/1.212
LRANGE (10 elements): 20000 ops 36563.07 ops/sec 1/8/1.363
LRANGE (100 elements): 20000 ops 21834.06 ops/sec 0/9/2.287

    Active development/community

    Ryan Dahl is working very very hard on his project. Also node.js now has active support(sponsor) from for example Joyent. The community is growing rapidly

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