Introduction
Enterprise Mobility will explode in 2016 driven by Node.js
and BYOD is something that most reports suggest claim and today we try to
understand the reason behind it. Are you looking to build the next generation cross-platform
enterprise mobility or web applications that are lightning fast and scalable?
Then node.js is just what will deliver the goods for you.
The year 2016 will likely witness the demand for enterprise
apps grow, therefore companies will need to quickly deliver and deploy apps to
ever growing number of users with different devices across different platforms.
It is here that programming languages like Node.js will shine through. The fact
that it is built on JavaScript and uses event loop makes it capable to create scalable,
lightning fast and secure cross-platform/ web applications that can push
consolidated data in real time to many clients. The major trends of 2016 like
rise of enterprise mobility, cloud computing, cross-platform apps and Internet
of Things (IoT) really boost Node.js as a major programming language in 2016.
Enterprise mobility
and cross-platform to boost node.js:
Driven by the growth in smartphones, cloud computing and
enterprise apps, in the multiple device world of 2016, cloud driven apps will probably
emerge as the preferred choice. Google has successfully democratized enterprise
mobility with Android for Business,
and in 2016 Apple will likely offer considerable enhancements to its enterprise
apps and Microsoft too looks to boost the use of their Windows Intune to offer cost effective enterprise apps solutions to
SMB markets.
However enterprise apps will also be expected to provide
advanced features and functionalities across diverse platforms and this will
compel mobile app developers to pursue cross platform mobile app development
using latest cross platform tools. The focus in developing cross-platform apps
will be more on convergence and work-life integration. Node.js with its rapid
agile development, speed, scalability, productivity and powerful enterprise mobility development capability
will deliver the next frontier in enterprise mobility to the huge mobile enabled
workforce against the backdrop of cloud computing, IoT and Big data, each of
which are likely to converge in 2016. How Enterprise and BYOD will emerge as
major trend in 2016:
Reports by IDC suggest a major growth in adoption of BYOD
programs in USA, as also the acceptance and eagerness of SMB’s to formalize
BYOD using scalable, self-service solutions. Thus 2016 will likely witness an
explosion of enterprise mobility in SMBs. Therefore the need to quickly develop
and deploy apps that offer advanced features and functionalities will have more
importance and thus Node.js will be in demand over other existing languages
like JavaScript, PHP. Node.js has been adopted by well-known organizations like
PayPal, Go Daddy, Groupon, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Walmart, Yahoo, IBM and growing
list of other stalwarts. This has attracted many SMB’s to use Node.js too and
the year 2016 will see them demand scalable solutions for enterprise mobility
using Node.js.
Why Node.js may emerge as a popular programming language in 2016?
Node.js offers tremendous scalability, flexibility,
lightning fast speed and productivity as an enterprise development platform. As
companies look to offer advances functionalities and features in mobile apps in
enterprise apps through apps that are cost-effective to develop and quick and
inexpensive to deploy, node.js will really deliver the goods.
Node.js is a runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript Engine
and uses it to bring JavaScript to the Server side. Node.js uses an event
driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it light weight and efficient.
Node.js’s package ecosystem, npm, is
the largest ecosystem of open source libraries in the world.
What it essentially
offers is scalability, shorter development cycles and lightning fast
performance. Therefore, it is the preferred programming language used where
light-weight, real-time response is needed. It is used to build large, scalable
network applications.
Since it is a JavaScript runtime that uses the Google Chrome
V8 engine, it becomes easy for developers allows developers to write on both,
the client side and server side, which also means that they can migrate code
between server side and client side because they are both in JavaScript. Thus
boosting developer’s productivity, maintenance, development and deployment
rate.
This is also a major reason for popularity of Node.js is
that given the huge demand and crunch of developers, the fact that Node.js runs
on JavaScript and allows both Java and .Net developers to leverage their
existing skills of JavaScript into both client-side and server-side while
simultaneously giving added benefits of speed, scalability in development and
deployment for enterprise apps and Internet of Things (IoT) really helps make
it a big win.
Node.js uses event loop, non-blocking I/O model for
scalability instead of processes or threads in the traditional I/O models which
makes it lightweight, efficient and lightning fast. Thus you can build fast,
flexible, scalable network applications capable of handling massive number of
simultaneous connections.
Node.js is easy to maintain and modify because it is a group
of small modules of applications grouped together unlike the traditional relatively
heavyweight OS monolithic applications which reduces the size of applications,
complexity and thus the bugs. No wonder then that Node.js is today the most
powerful solutions to build server and mobile/web applications. Mobile app
developers can use Node.js for core backend requirements of modern apps with
advanced features and functionalities like user management, data security, data
access and develop using real-time data communication
Apart from its use in creating complex enterprise web apps,
Node.js is also in news because of its capability to build applications for
Internet of Things (IoT). With its unique features, Node.js successfully brings
lot of momentum, flexibility and speed to the IoT ecosystem. Further, with its
consistent set of APIs, Node.js can effectively cater to the wide range of platforms
that IoT will run on.
Therefore, as 2016 sees big changes and a convergence of big
technologies like IoT, Enterprise Mobility, Cloud Computing, cross-platformapps, driven by a competitive market that demands speedy development and
deployment, Node.js may very well be language of change and 2016.
