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TypeScript: While not a Node.js feature, the growth of TypeScript as a strongly-typed superset of JavaScript synergized with Node.js, offering static typing and future JS features.
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PHP: While PHP had a rich ecosystem and a long history, it traditionally uses a multi-threaded, blocking model. Each incoming connection usually spawns a new thread, consuming more memory.
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Django: Django, with its "batteries-included" philosophy, provided a comprehensive suite for web development. Yet, it was primarily synchronous in nature, relying on worker processes or threads.
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webpack
A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows for loading parts of the application on demand. Through "loaders", modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.
Growth in Tooling: Tools like Babel allowed developers to use the latest JavaScript features without waiting for Node.js support, while Webpack streamlined bundling and module loading.
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While the idea of server-side JavaScript was not novel, what powered Node.js was! The V8 engine, birthed by Google for Chrome, was now driving Node.js, bringing unparalleled speed and performance to JavaScript execution.
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Sails.js: Sails.js pitched itself as the MVC framework for Node.js, bringing a Rails-like experience while being database agnostic.
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Ruby on Rails: RoR is an elegant, convention-over-configuration framework. But, it too, generally followed a thread-based, blocking model.
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InfluxDB
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If Node.js was the hero, then NPM (Node Package Manager) was its trusty sidekick. Born out of a need for sharing and reusing code, NPM did to Node.js what RubyGems did for Ruby. It was more than just a package manager; it was an enabler. With ease, developers could pull in a myriad of libraries or 'packages' to augment their apps.
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It provided a structured environment for collaboration, partnership, and feature prioritization. In 2019 it merged with the JS Foundation to become the even more powerful OpenJS Foundation.
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The year was 2009. Amidst the din of established server-side titans like PHP, Ruby on Rails, and Django, a new warrior geared up for the arena. A humble fellow by the name of Ryan Dahl presented to the world: Node.js.
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Koa.js: By the team behind Express, Koa.js utilized async/await for middleware, resulting in cleaner and more readable code.
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The landscape of JavaScript transformed dramatically with the introduction of ES6 (ECMAScript 2015).
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import { serve } from "https://deno.land/[email protected]/http/server.ts";
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Growth in Tooling: Tools like Babel allowed developers to use the latest JavaScript features without waiting for Node.js support, while Webpack streamlined bundling and module loading.
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