Culture Index exists to catalog cultural institutions online, and highlight the best practices that inspire us.
Launching with a focus on museums and building from there, we are a resource for both research and discovery. Browse information about online communications, and discover ideas with examples of what’s possible for cultural institutions in the digital space.
As a community project facilitated by Base, we invite you to use and contribute to this growing resource.
Node.js
Node.js is an open-source, server-side runtime environment that allows developers to run JavaScript on the server. Built on Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, Node.js is designed for building fast, scalable network applications. It uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model, which makes it highly efficient, especially for real-time applications like chat apps, APIs, and data streaming services.
One of the key advantages of Node.js is that it allows for full-stack JavaScript development, meaning developers can use the same language for both client-side and server-side code. This simplifies the development process, improves efficiency, and enables better collaboration between front-end and back-end teams.
Node.js is particularly well-suited for API-driven architectures and applications that need to handle many concurrent requests without performance degradation. It’s used in a wide range of high-traffic applications, such as microservices, IoT solutions, and real-time web apps.
With its growing ecosystem of libraries and frameworks, such as Express.js for building web applications and APIs, Node.js continues to be a top choice for developers building modern, fast, and scalable applications.