nodejs

Apache / IIS

Built-in HTTP Server

CGI support

fine grain authN/authZ

logging comes out of the box

...oh so much more

Multi-Threaded!

NodeJS

runtime environment

Single Threaded!

Node is not a web server

Demo time!

Why is Node so popular?

JavaScript ubiquity

single language

largest module/package repository in the world - NPM

continues to get faster

Tools and Ecosystem are being built quickly

productivity ++