Using Parallel Processing in Node.js and its Limitations

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  • libuv

    Cross-platform asynchronous I/O

  • Well, the single-threaded nature ultimately leads to its biggest downfall. Node.js utilizes a synchronous event loop engineered using Libuv that takes in code from the call stack and executes it.

  • Chocolatey

    Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

  • First, you must install the latest stable version of Node.js to ensure worker threads can work on your Node.js application. You can install Node.js via a package manager such as Homebrew (Mac) or Chocolatey (Windows) with the below command.

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  • First, you must install the latest stable version of Node.js to ensure worker threads can work on your Node.js application. You can install Node.js via a package manager such as Homebrew (Mac) or Chocolatey (Windows) with the below command.

  • amplication

    🔥🔥🔥 Open-source backend development platform. Build production-ready services without wasting time on repetitive coding.

  • Use tools like Amplication to bootstrap your Node.js apps in just a few seconds, and incorporate worker threads to rapidly enhance your parallelism game in Node.js!

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