---
title: "Real-Time Apps: Why Node.js is the Ideal Choice"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/real-time-apps-why-node-js-is-the-ideal-choice-t9shj-j80
source_url: https://www.datasciencecentral.com/real-time-apps-why-node-js-is-the-ideal-choice/
type: article
source: "Data Science Central"
published: 2022-07-12T16:50:50.994Z
updated: 2026-03-15T03:52:52.553Z
tags: ["general-programming", "nodejs", "seo", "webdev"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 17
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Real-Time Apps: Why Node.js is the Ideal Choice

**[Data Science Central](https://daily.dev/sources/ds_central)** · 3 min read · 17 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Node.js is evolving as the best option to develop such apps where speed is the most important aspect along with scalability. It is the technology of choice for real-time apps that are data-intensive and connected to IoT devices. It offers:Data syncing: Thanks to the ability to use the non-blocking I/O feature, sharing of data between the server and client is accelerated.

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## Community discussion

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**@vepr** · 0 upvotes

> This article could use more buzz words. Where is comparison with different runtimes/languages? Super shallow article with little technical explanation as to why it's the "IDEAL CHOICE". No benchmark, just pure hearsay.
>
> > non-blocking I/O feature
>
> is not a good reason. JS runtime can't do multi threading so to do async work it relies on event loop and the scheduler.
>
> HTTP is a simple "text" protocol, there are other languages that are faster at text processing then JS. So how is the "data accelerated" between the client and server.
>
> Please, these non-sense articles need to  stop. Where is...

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