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Re:Ask HN: Why Node.js and for which type of App? by ph0o on Saturday July 04, 2015 @09:55AM (#9830139)
Thanks!

So, you would use node.js just as a service to process data on the server side and not as a application for the desktop (with a gui)?

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Re:Ask HN: Why Node.js and for which type of App? by sova on Saturday July 04, 2015 @10:17AM (#9830197)
Typically Node.js is for high I/O web applications. Thanks to the wonderful asynchronicity of javascript (callbacks "let me know when this is ready/done") it's really wonderful for browser-based programs.

However, there is growing discussion about using Node.js for desktop applications. Please see https://nodesource.com/blog/node-desktop-applications

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Re:Ask HN: Why Node.js and for which type of App? by fleitz on Saturday July 04, 2015 @11:25AM (#9830416)
Node also works well for desktop apps because it's got the run loop.

Desktop apps are insanely high frequency IO apps, basically, its an Input Queue reading the mouse / keyboard / touch screen and a run loop, which is exactly what node is, except node originally envisioned the input queue being web requests. And most desktop apps are single threaded on the UI.

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