Sorry for the “profanity” in the title, but that’s just me getting exited!
Drupal is a cool and flexible platform to make powerful websites and webapplications (I may be a bit biased here). But it can be tricky to do a lot of instant, dymamic stuff to (logged in) users.
Node.js on the other hand is really good at handling those concurrent actions. It excels at providing real time data or making dynamic JavaScript applications. We see a lot of people talking about node.js on places like hackernews. And now there is a module that integrates node.js with Drupal!
Node.js is JavaScript on the server side. There are some good resources out there to get more acquainted with the technology. Find out what to use if for (or not) or start getting your hands dirty.
Really curious what this will bring to Drupal. Watch the video below for a quick demo about some of the possibilities. We can start imagining what this can do for modules like heartbeat or recent comments/posts blocks.
It will definitely be an added value for large community sites to better communicate the activity on the site. And for the other sites out there, it certainly holds the promise for more responsive and dynamic user interactions.
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