{"id":4259,"date":"2020-01-03T15:51:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T10:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=4259"},"modified":"2025-02-25T13:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T07:40:14","slug":"how-going-serverless-can-help-node-js-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-going-serverless-can-help-node-js-developers","title":{"rendered":"How Going Serverless Can Help Node.Js Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-going-serverless-can-help-node-js-developers\/#Understanding_Serverless_Applications_and_its_Advantages\" title=\"Understanding Serverless Applications and its Advantages:\">Understanding Serverless Applications and its Advantages:<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-going-serverless-can-help-node-js-developers\/#The_Impact_of_Serverless_on_the_NodeJS_Ecosystem\" title=\"The Impact of Serverless on the Node.JS Ecosystem:\">The Impact of Serverless on the Node.JS Ecosystem:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-going-serverless-can-help-node-js-developers\/#Serverless_Makes_the_Background_Process_a_Breeze\" title=\"Serverless Makes the Background Process a Breeze:\">Serverless Makes the Background Process a Breeze:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-going-serverless-can-help-node-js-developers\/#Nodejs_Developers_can_focus_on_Business_Logic_and_not_on_the_Infrastructure\" title=\"Node.js Developers can focus on Business Logic and not on the Infrastructure:\">Node.js Developers can focus on Business Logic and not on the Infrastructure:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-going-serverless-can-help-node-js-developers\/#It_Makes_Horizontal_Scaling_Easier\" title=\"It Makes Horizontal Scaling Easier:\">It Makes Horizontal Scaling Easier:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Serverless computing is one of the most discussed topics nowadays in the development space and most web applications run on high maintenance servers. It is because of this reason that software engineering teams have dedicated infra engineers or DevOps to help manage and maintain these servers. It is due to the challenges associated with it that the need to drive alternative solutions become essential. Serverless applications often shine in this regard. Lots of client side developers who are well accustomed with JavaScript are now using NodeJS and building their own backends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Developers using various programming languages want to enjoy the benefits from the features of serverless computing and no one wants to stay behind the trends.\u00a0 If you are working on any JavaScript based project, then you simply can\u2019t wait to implement the next serverless application in Node.JS.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Understanding_Serverless_Applications_and_its_Advantages\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Understanding Serverless Applications and its Advantages:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">With Serverless framework, the codes are stateless functions run or triggered by the occurrence of events for e.g. the network events.\u00a0 For such an application, function contexts, that are bonded to specific events must run before the events are completed. For serverless applications, a piece of code is executed which is based on the kind of events that are triggered. When this happens, the resources are allocated in order to serve these events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Since the resource allocation is relative to the amount of concurrent or incoming events or requests, it is solely determined and handled by the cloud providers offering these services.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Concurrent requests are spurned in new container instances.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Serverless applications are scaled based on the demand and the number of resources needed to handle the requests serving<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Every technical detail is handled by the cloud service providers so that the engineers can easily focus on core application maintenance and other feature implementation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Quick deployment cycle via a single command<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It offers an abstraction for the cloud infrastructure<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/what-is-node-js-and-its-advantages-and-disadvantages-a-complete-guide\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What is Node.JS and Its Advantages and Disadvantages: A Complete Guide<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Impact_of_Serverless_on_the_NodeJS_Ecosystem\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>The Impact of Serverless on the Node.JS Ecosystem:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Since Node.js is the core language of serverless, it has become highly popular thereby bringing more people into the ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Serverless_Makes_the_Background_Process_a_Breeze\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Serverless Makes the Background Process a Breeze:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/node-js-development\/\">creating Node.js applications<\/a><\/span>, building the server is easy, but working on the background processing of messages is not an easy task. It can be really intimidating to maintain and manage. There are various tools available that understand the framework for doing the background processing.\u00a0 This is easy to scale on the HTTP request messages in many platforms, but the queues can be tricky. With serverless, you can easily have the function up and scaling dynamically. Since you need to pay for the execution only, you never have to overpay for your system.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nodejs_Developers_can_focus_on_Business_Logic_and_not_on_the_Infrastructure\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Node.js Developers can focus on Business Logic and not on the Infrastructure:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Developers don\u2019t have to manage the infrastructure nor the codes related to it. The developers have to consider only the business logic and the rest is maintained by the platform. This is really empowering because you can now add developers to your team who may not know the ways to manage the infrastructure but are able to do similar things that the team having specific set of skills would do. Now developers lacking the experience of running large scale cloud infrastructure need not develop that experience, but can easily implement the business logic on the go.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_Makes_Horizontal_Scaling_Easier\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">It Makes Horizontal Scaling Easier:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">With serverless, scaling is easier than ever with functions. You need not see the instance count, or even worry about managing the VMs or patching things. You can simply scale higher and as soon as there is no more traffic, then the VMs also just disappear. Node.js developers need not worry about when they are there and when they are not present. This has been really helpful in various cases.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serverless computing is one of the most discussed topics nowadays in the development space and most web applications run on high maintenance servers. 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