Azure Functions vs Node.js
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Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices. | Azure Functions is an event driven, compute-on-demand experience that extends the existing Azure application platform with capabilities to implement code triggered by events occurring in virtually any Azure or 3rd party service as well as on-premises systems. |
| - | Easily schedule event-driven tasks across services;Expose Functions as HTTP API endpoints;Scale Functions based on customer demand;Develop how you want, using a browser-based UI or existing tools;Get continuous deployment, remote debugging, and authentication out of the box |
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GitHub Stars 114.1K | GitHub Stars - |
GitHub Forks 33.7K | GitHub Forks - |
Stacks 200.4K | Stacks 785 |
Followers 164.5K | Followers 705 |
Votes 8.5K | Votes 62 |
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