E-Business Technologies: A Detailed Report on Node.js Applications

This report provides an overview of e-business technologies with a focus on Node.js. It discusses the features of e-business, introduces Node.js as a cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment, and explores its popularity and use in e-business. The report covers Node.js e-business tools like Reaction Commerce and Spurt Commerce, Node Packet Manager, and Node Modules. It highlights the benefits of building an e-business platform with Node.js, including cross-platform development, performance, scalability, and community support. The report also touches upon building a strategic Node.js e-business platform and the advantages of using Node.js, such as optimum speed, data streaming uniformity and availability of plugins.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................2
Discussions.................................................................................................................................2
Features of E-Business...........................................................................................................2
Introduction to Node.js...............................................................................................................3
Node.js in E-Business................................................................................................................4
Popularity of Node.js in E-Business..........................................................................................4
Use of Node.js for E-Business...................................................................................................5
Node.js E-Business Tools..........................................................................................................6
Node Packet Manager................................................................................................................6
Node Modules............................................................................................................................6
Why build a Node.js E-Business Platform.................................................................................7
Building a Strategic Node.js E-Business Platform....................................................................7
Benefits of Node.js in E-Business..............................................................................................8
Works on both Server and Client.............................................................................................10
Conclusion................................................................................................................................10
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................12

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Introduction:
Online business or Electronic business is a type of business that consists of sharing of
information across the internet. The commerce includes the exchange of services and
products between various groups, businesses and individuals and it can be seen as one of the
important tasks of any type of business. The Electronic commerce generally focuses on the
utilisation of ICT in order to enable the external tasks and the relationships of the business
with groups, individuals and other businesses. E-business refers to the business with the assist
of internet. There are various types of
The report discusses about E-Business and the technologies that are related to the E-Business.
Discussions
Features of E-Business
There are many features of E-Business. The features of E-Business are as follows:
 It is very easy to set up
 E-business is much cheaper than traditional business.
 In E-business, there are no geographical boundaries.
 The strategies of marketing cost less in E-Business
 There are very less integrity and security problems in E-business
 In this type of business the buyer and the seller do not meet
 There is a transaction risk in E-Business
 The delivery of the products in E-Business takes time
 The government provides subsidies to the E-Business that are present

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Introduction to Node.js
Node.js is a cross platform and open source runtime environment of JavaScript. It is
popular technique or tool for any type of project. Node.js executes the V8 engine of
JavaScript, the core of Google Chrome, which is outside of the browser. These permits
Node.js to be very efficient.
A Node.js application is executed in a single procedure without the creation of a new
thread for each request. Node.js offers a set of I/O primitives those are asynchronous in its
library those are standard and prevent the code of JavaScript from blocking and the libraries
in the Node.js are written utilising the concept those are non-blocking, making the behaviour
of blocking an exception rather than a norm.
When the Node.js requires executing an operation of input/output like accessing a
database, interpretation from the network or system of files, instead of the blocking the thread
and then wasting the waiting cycles of CPU. The Node.js will then recommence the
operations when the response of the CPU comes back.
This permits Node.js to handle many connections those are concurrent with a server
those are single without the introduction of burden in order to manage the concurrency of
thread and it could be an important source of bugs.
The Node.js has a distinctive advantage because many front-end developers that write
code in JavaScript for the browser can write client side code along with the server side code
without the requirement to learn a different programming language.
In Node.js, the new standards of ECMAScript can be utilised without any issues, as
the user do not have to wait for all the users in order to upgrade their browsers- the user is in
charge of deciding the version of ECMAScript in order to utilise by changing the version of

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Node.js and the user can enable particular experiment functionality by executing Node.js with
flags.
Figure 1: A sample code of Node.js
Node.js in E-Business
In recent years, the E-Businesses are increasing in number and if we see from the past
to the present decade, the global business has believed it as one of the most dependable
platforms of business in the businesses those are online.
The people are maximizing day by day, so the habit of utilising services those are
online in order to complete the requirements and the necessities are increasing day by day.
Among them, the online shopping is one of the most utilised platforms on the devices of
mobile as well in other computer systems. In order to match the reliability and the
requirements of the consumers, the organizations are pushing their limits in order to reach an
ultimate objective for the creation of web as well in the applications of mobile. Recently,
Node.js has gained a lot of popularity in the sector of E-business

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Figure 2: versions of Node.js
Popularity of Node.js in E-Business
Node.js provides the reliability to the front-end developers, utilisation of JavaScript in
order to write the tools of command line and for the scripting of server side- executing scripts
server-side in order to develop web page content those are dynamic before the page is sent to
the web browser of the user. Node.js symbolizes a paradigm of “ JavaScript everywhere:,
unifying the creation of web application in an programming language, rather than various
programming languages for the scripts of server side and client side and JS is extension of
filename for every code of JavaScript.

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Figure 3: Architecture of Node.js
Node.js has an architecture that is driven by event and that is capable Input/output that
is asynchronous. These are the choices of design whose objective is to optimize the
scalability and the throughput in the applications of web with many operations of
Input/output as well the application of web that are based on real-time. It permits dynamic
and responsive feasibility in the development of web and that is very accurate in the E-
business website and the creation of mobile application.
Use of Node.js for E-Business
 Node.js is a runtime of JavaScript that is built on V8 JS engine of chrome. It utilises an
event-driven model that is based on non-blocking Input/output. It makes Node.js efficient
and lightweight. A few of its functionality make Node.js an excellent choice for E-
Business.
 Its JavaScript and JavaScript everywhere. If the user wants to utilise one of the popular
frameworks of JS for the frontend of the store, a backend Node.js makes it easy in order
to find the codes universality across the stack. Node.js is used for server side scripting in
order to resolve SEO problems and JavaScript single page applications.

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 It scales when the business requires it. The user is in charge of the backend configuration
of Node.js. The functionalities that are required for the backend of the store, the user can
choose and then add the required modules. Node.js never gets better as the user requires it
to be. Performance wise Node.js is gold.
Node.js E-Business Tools
There are various types of E-business solutions in the ecosystem of Node.js. The tools
include:
 Reaction Commerce: it is an open source and real time platform of E-business. It is based
on Meteor and an advanced knowledge about framework is required in order to customize
it.
 Prime Fusion: it is an Express.js platform of E-business that is built on the Mean Stack. It
stays behind a layer of API and it means that it can be attached to any framework for
theming and templating. It is an open source software but it is maintained by a team.
 Spurt Commerce: this one provides E-Business Node.js backend as well as storefronts
that are angular. It is still in the first version and does not have much built-in
functionality.
Node Packet Manager
These are the libraries that are built by the community that will resolve most of the generic
problems of coding; NPM has some packages that the user can utilise in the applications in
order to make the development faster and efficient of cost
Node Modules
A module of nose is sequence of codes those are reusable and its existence does not influence
the other codes that are present in the modules and utilise them in different applications.

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Node.js has different sets of modules those are built-in and they are reusable without any
installation.
Why build a Node.js E-Business Platform
Development of a platform of E-Business platform with Node.js makes some sense due to the
following benefits:
 The development of cross-platform is very easy because the developers only require to
know Node.js
 Performance is essential in a platform of E-Business and Node.js provides vigorous
performance
 The asynchronous programming that is driven by event assists with the scalability and the
websites of E-Business requires that. This is a benefit of Node.js
 The community of Node.js is a help to the developers since the platform development of
E-Business can be complex.
 There are various plugins that are available for the development of Node.js and they take
care of different features
 The streaming of data in essential for the websites of E-commerce and Node.js is a very
helpful tool.
 It is open source. The person who wants to build an E-Business website will find
experienced developers easily.
 Node.js supports both backend and frontend development. This assists in creating
communication based on real time that the customers of websites of E-Business require
 The websites that are created with Node.js are very lightweight and they load very
quickly. This matters the most in the platforms of E-Business.

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Building a Strategic Node.js E-Business Platform
E-Business is an industry that is growing day by day and it is very competitive. Using the
provider of PaaS and using Node.js frameworks can simplify the development of E-Business
website. If the user wants to develop a E-Business Platform based on Node.js that is strategic,
then it be challenging and complex. Node.js is an important skill. Finding the developers
those are experienced can take some time and the project need to be managed from end-to-
end.
Benefits of Node.js in E-Business
There are various types of benefits of benefits of Node.js that helps in E-Business. The
benefits of Node.js are as follows:
 Cross-platform JavaScript platform: one of the most important benefits that Node.js
provides is the development platforms that are cross platform. The developers requires to
have knowledge about some of the programming languages but, Node.js is said to be an
exception
 Optimum Performance: Node.js provides more support to the platforms of E-Business is
the performance that is optimum. It is known to provide better outputs at much lower cost
than the programming languages such as PHP.
 Budget- Friendly: The Input/output model of Node.js is active and it does not obstruct the
input/output operations even though it is working based on real-time. The application of
website can be upgraded at a much faster rate.
 Scalability: the design that is driven by design of the Node.js combines scalability into the
applications of web. It offers small modules that work wonderfully with various types of
websites and new modules can be added efficiently in order to make it more scalable.

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 Substantial Support of the Community: The platform of E-Business is a structure that is
complex in order to design with various functionalities and design and many more. The
developers need support and assist from the members of community if they want
particular solution to an issue.
 Optimum Speed: Node.js utilises engine of Chrome V8 by offering the efficient speed
while executing the applications that are based on web. The input/output model is active
and it does not block the operations of input/output upgrading the performance
 Advantages of Plugins: one of the important benefits of using Node.js for the
development of E-Business website is that readymade plugins can be accessed. The
plugins those are free are available on GitHub and they are downloaded free. They assist
to accelerate the procedure of development without spending money.
 Uniformity is streaming of data: the Node.js architecture has been built in a manner such
that any request of HTTP and the outcome travel through a stream of data those are
single. Therefore, it is easier to process the files and it is a boon for the websites of E-
Business that loads N number of articles on the run. The videos that are uploaded at very
high speed, assisting customers in order to make quick decisions of purchase.
 Functionalities of websites with the facility of Node.js: The lightweight feature of the
website provide quick loading and it is very easily to solve the errors. The reusability of
code and the testing of Node.js minimize the development cost. The essential feature of
search and filter in the websites of E-Business can be deployed with the help of
communication of JSON and AJAX. It offers minimized time of parsing.
 Advantages of open source: The biggest advantage of Node.js is being a platform of
JavaScript that is open source and it receives access of developers those are experienced
and can help in the rectification of code and add more features in the website of E-
business.

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 Easy management and Real-time communication: When a website is being developed,
one of the important functionality that can be added is the interaction with the customers
that is based on real time. Since Node.js supports backend as well as the front-end
development, communication becomes easy and comfortable with the clients. Node.js
supports the deployment of the tool or platform that is based on chat.
Works on both Server and Client
The browser catches the click of send button through a handler of JavaScript, it then picks up
the value from the text of input message and releases a message of web socket utilising the
client of Web socket that is connected to the server to be initialized to the initialization of
web page.
The server side part of the messenger of web socket first takes the message and then it
forwards to the clients that are connected utilising the method of broadcast. All the clients
that accepts the new message as a push message through a socket of web, working of the
client side part within the web page. After that they collect the content of message and then
update the web page by adding the message those are new to the board.
Conclusion
From the report, it can be concluded that Node.js is one of the most popular
programming languages that are used highly in order to develop the E-Business websites.
These functionalities and the features of the framework of JavaScript that is Node.js are
advantageous to the businesses of E-Business. The E-Business start-ups include Node.js in
their stack in order to get a scalable, secure and cost effective development of E-Business.
The report discusses about the introduction to Node.js and the use of Node.js in the
E-Business. E-Business provides various types of tools. The tools of Node.js are discussed in

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the report. Lastly, the benefits that are offered by the Node.js to E-business are also discussed
in the report.
Thus, it can be said that Node.js is one of the powerful programming languages that
are used for developing the websites of E-Business. The developers must properly use the
features of E-business in order to create websites of E-Business, it will be scalable, and the
website will have good security.

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