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Communication in Node.js

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 Introduction of Node.js
 Use Cases of Node.js
 Network Communication in Node.js
 Two Way Communication in Node.js
What will you learn today?

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Traditional Multithreaded Model

Problem with Multithreaded Model
Thread 1 Thread 3
Shared
Resource
wants to
update
wants to
update
Thread 2
wants to
update
 In a multi-threaded HTTP server, for each and every request that the server receives, it creates a separate
thread which handles that request
 If a request acquires a lock in the shared resource and it is ‘exclusive’, it will affect result of other requests

Single Threading
Event
Loop
Event
Queue
Thread Pool
file system
network
process
other
One Thread at a Time
 On the other hand, framework like Node.js is event driven, handling all requests asynchronously from single
thread
 Almost no function in Node directly performs I/O, so the process never blocks

What is Node.js ?
 Node.js is a server-side runtime environment for networking applications. It is single threaded.
 Node.js applications are written in JavaScript, and its open source based on Google’s V8 JavaScript Engine
 It is cross platform and can run within the Node.js runtime on OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD,
NonStop and IBM

Node.js Detailed Architecture
Client 1
Request
1
Request
1
Blocking
IO
Request
?
Client 2
Client n
Request
2
Request
n
Request
2
Event Loop
Single
Threaded
Non Blocking I/O
Tasks Processed
here
Request 1
Request 2
Request n
Response 1
Response 2
Response n
No
No
Non-Blocking IO
Non-Blocking IO
Request
1
Request
2
Send
Responses
Pick up requests from queue
Event Queue

Node.js Detailed Architecture
Client 1
Request
1
T-1
Request
1
Database
Filesystem
Blocking
IO
Request
?
Client 2
Client n
Request
2
Request
n
T-2 T-m
Thread
T-1
Request
n
Request
2
Request
n
Event Loop
Single
Threaded
Non Blocking I/O
Tasks Processed
here
Request 1
Request 2
Request n
Response 1
Response 2
Response n
No
No
Yes
handle by
Non-Blocking IO
Non-Blocking IO
Request
1
Request
2
Send
Responses
Pick up requests from queue
Node.js Platform internal Thread PoolEvent Queue
Send Response to Request n
Pick up one
Thread from
pool
Blocking IO

Use-Cases of Node.js (Contd.)
 Previously LinkedIn Mobile was powered by Ruby on Rails
 It was a synchronous app in which clients used to make several calls
for a single page, consequently the system was bursting because of
the load

 Previously LinkedIn Mobile was powered by Ruby on Rails
 It was a synchronous app in which clients used to make several calls
for a single page, consequently the system was bursting because of
the load
Advantage of using Node.js
 The LinkedIN moved to Node.js which enabled them to move to a
model where the client makes a single request for a page
 It led to reduction in the number of machines used to host their
services greater than 10:1

 Ebay was making real time applications with huge number of eBay-
specific services
 As eBay was having java infrastructure, it consumed many more
resources than expected, raising questions about scalability for
production

 Ebay was making real time applications with huge number of eBay-
specific services
 As eBay was having java infrastructure, it consumed many more
resources than expected, raising questions about scalability for
production
 Node.js solved this issue as it is scalable because its single
threaded so less overheads and that is why it utilizes the resources
in the right manner, so no extra consumption of resources
Advantage of using Node.js

Uber’s Story
 Uber is a transportation company which allows users to get a taxi, private car or rideshare from their smartphones
Uber uses NodeJS to implement their cab dispatch operation

Uber - Old Architecture
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP

Uber - Multiple Dispatch Problem
 Since PHP is a multithreaded language , each user’s request is handled in a separate thread
 Once one car is dispatched for a user, in between the same car get dispatched to another user
 Reason was car dispatch operation was executed from multiple threads

Uber - New Architecture
iPhone
Android
NodeJS
Dispatch
(NodeJS)
Dispatch State
(MongoDB)
Real-time Logic
Business Logic
Persistent Store
(MySQL)
Python

Job Trends
From the graph below : The number of jobs are skyrocketing.

Let us see how communication
works in Node.js

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 For Network communication on Node.js, we use the “net” module
 net.createServer([options][,callback]) :
 If allowHalfOpen is true then when the other side initiates Connection Termination the server WILL NOT send the FIN
packet
Network Communication - TCP
//options object
{
allowHalfOpen : false , pauseOnConnect : false
}
//values : true or false, default : false

//Creating a TCP Server
var net = require(‘net’);
var server = net.createServer(function(socket)
{
socket.end(‘Hello World’); //Socket is a Duplex stream
});
server.listen(3000,function()
{
console.log(“Server is listening on Port 3000”);
});

//A TCP client
var net = require(‘net’);
var socket = net.createConnection({port: 3000,host: ‘192.168.0.1’);
socket.on(‘connect’,function()
{
console.log(‘connected to the server’);
})
socket.end(‘Hello Server’);
//we can now create a command line TCP chat server and client by using the //process.stdin
(Readable Stream) and process.stdout(Writable)

Two Way Communication : Socket.io
 Socket.io is a fast, real-time engine.
 Transmitting messages and Receiving message between client and server is simple: Events.
 On server/client when sending a message use socket.emit(‘eventname’,data). “eventname” can be any string
 And data can be any data: even Binary data!
 On server/client when you want to listen to events-messages use socket.on(‘eventname’,callbackFunction).
 Where the callbackFunction is a function that accepts a Data argument : Data sent by the other party.

 A simple example:
//Server-side
var app = require('express')();
var server = require('http').Server(app);
var io = require('socket.io')(server);
server.listen(80);
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.sendfile(__dirname + '/index.html');
});
io.on('connection', function (socket) {
socket.emit('news', { hello: 'world' });
socket.on('my other event', function (data) {
console.log(data);
});
});
//client-side
<script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
<script>
var socket = io.connect('http://localhost');
socket.on('news', function (data) {
console.log(data);
socket.emit('my other event', { my: 'data' });
});
</script>

 Besides ‘connect’, ‘message’ and ‘disconnect’ you can use any custom event names
 You could also have a separation of concerns by namespacing. Namespacing also means, that the same
websocket connection is used but is multiplexed
var io = require('socket.io').listen(80);
var chat = io
.of('/chat')
.on('connection', function (socket) {
socket.emit('a message', {
that: 'only'
, '/chat': 'will get'
}); });
var news = io
.of('/news')
.on('connection', function (socket) {
socket.emit('item', { news: 'item' });
});
<script>
var chat = io.connect('http://localhost/chat')
, news = io.connect('http://localhost/news');
chat.on('connect', function () {
chat.emit('hi!');
});
news.on('news', function () {
news.emit('woot');
});
</script>

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