Usages of Node.js - What obstacles is it aiming to provide a ramp for?

Question

I\'m trying to get my head around where Node fits in. It\'s niche, so to say... What obstacles is Node aiming to provide a ramp for?

I\'ve read through the examples

Answer 1

You can get a lot of node.js use cases if you look at the modules page for example. It varies from tons of libraries like routers, static file servers, web frameworks and WebSockets servers to lots of DB specific connectivity modules, standalone databases, TCP/IP servers and popular protocol/library wrappers which are all waiting to be used for building other madness like these companies did.

I would say you would want to use node.js in case when you want to take advantage of lightweight, low level and fast server side framework which is using evented IO and offers rich set of open source community driven libraries (you should, or rather have to, also know JavaScript to certain level) in order to build other modules or use it as a foundation for standalone project (or as a supplement for specific functionality which node.js can do better than other solutions).