Node.js offers speed and a nonblocking I/O API. Node.js was created because concurrency is difficult in many server-side programming languages, and often leads to poor performance.

Database access is costly as far as performance is concerned. You should also reduce the number of roundtrips to the database as much as possible to improve the responsiveness of your Web API.

In performance tests on production hardware the node.js application responded to requests on average 35 percent faster than the Java alternative, resulting in the same page being served 200ms ...

NodeFly has raised an $800,000 Seed Round from Shasta Venture Partners and other investors to develop its service for measuring the performance of Node.js apps. NodeFly represents the next ...