Guest Node.js has been getting great press for being used to build real-time web applications and fast networking tools that help big web sites run and scale. But is Node just as good a fit for ...

Node.js may provide several advantages for creating enterprise-grade apps, including quick development, minimal code, and top performance.

They discussed the role of Node.js — an open-source JavaScript runtime based on Chrome’s V8 engine — in Twitter’s development work and future plans for the retooling the company’s apps.