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When NodeJS I/O Blocks | The Backend Engineering Show

The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser

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Node Blocking JavaScript Runtime

node.io blocks written by Usain Nasser on October 11th, 2022. Node is a non-blocking JavaScript runtime. You can simultaneously run an HTTP server, read files from desk, send UDP datagrams, accept TCP connections from clients and still have room to execute code without blocking. Most of these operations are known as I slash O, I O or input app or for show, you send an input to a device, a file or a socket, and it replies back with an output.

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