What workloads are best suited to Node.js compared to traditional REST frameworks like Django or Rails?

Explores specific application scenarios where Node.js excels due to its architecture, compared to synchronous backends.

Node.js is ideal for: • Real-time apps (chat, live dashboards): handles thousands of lightweight concurrent clients via its event loop. • Streaming services and APIs: non-blocking I/O allows data to stream efficiently. • Microservices and lightweight APIs: low overhead, agile deployments. In contrast, traditional frameworks like Django or Rails are better at CPU-bound or complex business logic workloads. Category: Backend Development Tags: nodejs, real-time, streaming, microservices, non-blocking, backend