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…
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…