Node.js and Evented I/O Alternatives on the JVM (Niko Köbler, Germany)

Описание: Node.js (or I/O.js) as an evented I/O runtime is very popular and is used widely. But how do you integrate Node in enterprise architectures? There are mature monitoring processes for JVM runtime environments and a significant part of the business logic is implemented in Java libraries. In addition, JavaScript code execution in Node.js is only single threaded, is it worth at all?

The seamless integration and a (nearly complete) compatibility to Node.js applications in JVM environments promise Nodyn from RedHat, but it’s using alternative JavaScript engines from V8 like Nashorn and DynJS; additionally there’s Netty and Vert.x.

This approach deals with the ability to be able to execute JavaScript code not only non-blocking and asynchronously, but also in highly distributed environments using the Vert.x Eventbus. Additionally, there are other advantages of using a JVM-based scripting engine when developing for enterprise environments.

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