SetInterval ref and unref in NodeJS
A NodeJS process is alive as along as it has some events and callbacks that are to be processed. So […]
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NodeJS
Difference between process.nextTick and setImmediate in NodeJS
In a funny deviation from what the name suggests, setImmediate is a callback that will be made after the nextTick() […]
What is process.nextTick in NodeJS?
The process.nextTick serves for the design logic where for one, events that are generated by while initialising or creating an […]
Fork() & Messaging between parent child processes in NodeJS
NodeJS, in very likeness to C/C++ offers to fork multiple processes from a parent process. Each of these fork() process […]
Handling POSIX SIGNALS in NodeJS (Javascript!)
NodeJS, built over the v8 Engine, which is essentially C/C++ application, exposes much if not all of the POSIX signals […]
Difference between console.log and process.stdout.write in NodeJS
NodeJS can print a string to terminal using two ways. The well known console.log as in chrome and the lesser-known […]
Nodejs process – Is it always single threaded? How efficient is it?
A NodeJS process as we have come to know is considered and is, a programmatically single thread of execution. But […]
Managing/Controlling Garbage collection in Node Process
NodeJS processes have automatic Garbage collection routine calls, but its aggressive by default and it will always try to use […]
Set Node Process Memory Size
You can use –max_old_space_size option to set memory size for your node process. It specifies the memory limit in MBs […]
How NodeJS Works? What is v8 Engine?
When Ryan Dahl started working on Node, and identifying the right language for creating this piece of software for making […]