How small businesses can use NodeJS to save time and money

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As a small business, your developer budget is small but your to-do list isn't. Yet every new tool seems to arrive with another expensive subscription to keep track of. NodeJS is popular among SMBs because it helps teams build more with less.

Let’s say you run an online store that needs a faster checkout. Or you're an operations lead drowning in spreadsheets. Or perhaps you're a founder deciding what your first developer hire should know. NodeJS can save you real hours and money, but there are some tasks where it’s better suited than others.

What makes NodeJS so useful?

Node.js is an open-source runtime environment that lets you run JavaScript outside a web browser. Developers use it to build servers, web apps, command-line tools, and scripts.

The project’s official documentation describes it as an “asynchronous event-driven JavaScript runtime.” Plainly speaking, Node.js doesn't sit idle while waiting on a database, payment...

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