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Node.js and REST

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There are currently too many technologies out there—be it programming languages, platforms, or frameworks. Why is it, then, that Node.js—a project that’s hasn’t even reached version 1.0 at the time of this writing—is so popular these days?

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  1. 1.

    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js .

  2. 2.

    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_(JavaScript_engine ).

  3. 3.

    This is a rough approximation, since the time added by the parallel function needs to be taken into account for an exact number.

  4. 4.

    See http://expressjs.com/guide/using-middleware.html .

  5. 5.

    See https://github.com/caolan/async .

  6. 6.

    See Node.js’ official documentation about this: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/event-loop-timers-and-nexttick/#process-nexttick-vs-setimmediate

  7. 7.

    See https://www.npmjs.com/package/vatican

  8. 8.

    See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/ab.html .

  9. 9.

    See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nodejs .

  10. 10.

    See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nodejs-dev .

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Doglio, F. (2018). Node.js and REST. In: REST API Development with Node.js . Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3715-1_3

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