What are the pros and cons of Node.js?

Q: What are the pros and cons of Node.js?

It uses JavaScript, which is well-known amongst developers Fast I/O due to an event-based model Best suited for streaming huge amounts of data NPM has over 50,000 packages making it easy to implement complex features Since Node.js is single-threaded, It is not suitable for heavy computational tasks Using callback is complex since you end up with several nested callbacks

Difficulty: 5/10

event loop, single-threaded model, npm ecosystem

Pros

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It uses JavaScript, which is well-known amongst developers
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Fast I/O due to an event-based model
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Best suited for streaming huge amounts of data
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NPM has over 50,000 packages making it easy to implement complex features

Cons

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Since Node.js is single-threaded, It is not suitable for heavy computational tasks
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Using callback is complex since you end up with several nested callbacks

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0-2 years experience

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