Understanding the Node.js Event Loop
Node's "event loop" is central to being able to handle high throughput scenarios. It is a magical place filled with unicorns and rainbows, and is the reason N...
Trevor Norris is a self-professed performance freak. He is a Node.js Core Contributor and is responsible for improving runtime performance and visibility. Trevor's background is in front-end development for enterprise level implementations, but now spends most of his time making JavaScript on the server blazing fast and predictable, plumbing the depths of V8 and libuv, and writing C/C++. Trevor's work on benchmarking, performance tuning and optimizing Node.js have changed the face of Node.js and how developers approach serverside JavaScript.