Sometimes an application needs more than Node.js to develop and bootstrap itself. Maybe the project needs some automation from a different programming language than JavaScript; even in that scenario, Node.js can run those required tasks; with that, your whole application could be easier to maintain and won’t have a lot of technologies mixed in the same project.
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We launched N|Solid SaaS into beta last year to make available our enterprise-grade Node.js tools more accessible, especially for smaller teams and individual developers. N|Solid is the best observability and insights tool to manage Node performance and security, trusted by developers and enterprise organizations across the globe, built by Node Experts.
The TypeScript team announced a collaboration to a new proposal for the JavaScript language, written by Gil Tayar, that I was amazed by. In Gil's words: "It seems that people love types based" according to the StateOfJS 2021 survey.
Streams are one of the oldest and most misunderstood concepts in Node.js, and that's not a developer's issue. The streams API in Node.js could be kind of hard to understand, which could lead to misunderstandings, wrong usages, and in worst scenarios, memory leaks, performance issues, or weird behavior in your application.
In this blog post, you can find a list and description of dependencies and other host Specs inside package.json. The dependencies in your project's package.json allow the project to install the versions of the modules it depends on. By running an install command inside a project, you can install all of the dependencies listed in the project's package.json, meaning they don't have to be (and rarely should be) bundled with the project itself.
In this chapter, we'll give you a kickstart introduction to effectively using package.json with Node.js and npm. The package.json file is core to the Node.js ecosystem and is a fundamental part of understanding and working with Node.js, npm, and even modern JavaScript. This file is used as a manifest, storing information about applications, modules, packages, and more.
It’s fair to say that the pandemic has not only wreaked havoc on how individuals live their daily lives but also on how they work. The global changes led to an immediate shift to remote working and unfortunately, not all enterprises were prepared for it. Companies did not have adequate time to prepare and allocate necessary security resources to ensure strong network and device protection for employees working remotely.
Today, npm is a cornerstone of modern web development, whether used exclusively with Node.js as a package manager or as a build tool for the front end. Understanding npm as a tool —particularly the core concepts— can be difficult for beginners. As such, we've written up this guide for getting a grasp on npm, especially for those who are entirely new to Node.js, npm, and the surrounding ecosystem.
TL; DR: Based on the APM benchmarks results is evident that one of the main performance problems for a Node.js application in a production environment is the usage of the very same applications in charge of monitoring the performance for the application itself. This article explains the reasons with an in-depth analysis to show why using most APMs in a Node.js application is that expensive performance-wise.
