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Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.

Node.js® is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications.

Source: http://nodejs.org/

Non-blocking I/O makes things blazing fast...

as long as you don't block the event loop!

Source: http://www.toptal.com/nodejs/why-the-hell-would-i-use-node-js

try {
  var data = dbQuery.findAll();
  // Do something with data
} catch (e) {
  // Handle error
}

Do it async style:

dbQuery.findAll(function(err, data) {
  if(err) {
    // Handle error
  } else {
    // Do something with data
  }
});

Instead of:

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