Makeable App Database Development.

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MAKEABLE APP DATABASE DEVELOPMENT
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Literature Review
As per the research done by [1], the essential thing about a web server is that it should
have the ability to tackle much number of users in an efficient way. For this purpose the
programming language that should be chosen has to be selected in a careful manner. Server
side scripting languages such as PHP, Python has to be compared with Node.js. As per the
authors Node.js is a very good tool in case the application that is to be developed has to
include live interaction along with real-time results. Node.js has the capability to quickly
deliver data up and down a specific web server. Some years back, with CPU performing a
single thing at a time, people had to face lot of problems. Multi-threading was the solution to
this problem that allowed users to have multiple threads on a CPU. It has switch in between
them every time resulting in lots of overhead. Node.js came as a solution to this overhead
problem by running in a single event-driven thread. It is just that instead of developing a new
thread every time when a request is made it can use only one thread for every single request.
When making a call to a database for instance instead of blocking it till it gets returned one
can run a call-back function after completion of the call. The only thing is that at a time only
one call back function can be executed. All other functions such as incoming HTTP request is
easily addressed by Node simultaneously. The application code will not be executed at time
when anything else is getting executed thus having the full attention of Node’s JavaScript
engine while it is on the run mode. Node.js has a good performance when considering
multiple users as compared to PHP and Python. The authors suggest that selecting a proper
database is very important taking into consideration a web server. Softwares such as Node.js
help application developers to establish connection of their applications with their database
easily and they do not have to worry about the coding at the server side.