Scope for Node.js

This is no surprise given that one of the main strengths of Node is that you can use the same language on the entire stack.

Therefore, all developers can easily understand what is going on on the other sideand make changes if necessary.

The Foundation asked the respondents about what they build with Node.js at the moment.

The results show that Node.js is used primarily to build web applications, but we also see that it is a very popular choice for building enterprise applications too.

The growth of Node.js within companies is a testament to the platform's versatility. It is moving beyond being simply an application platform, and beginning to be used for rapid experimentation with corporate data, application modernization, and IoT solutions

The survey lets us peek into what kind of deployment choices Node developers make. The results show that AWS is the primary deployment location for running Node.js apps in production - but it looks like that on-premises (or self-hosted) infrastructures are extremely popular as well.

This data seems to match with what we at RisingStack measured a year ago via our Node.js survey. The only noticeable difference is that meanwhile a year ago Heroku and DigitalOcean were competing neck-by-neck for Node developers, now it seems that Heroku gained a little advantage.