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Node.js vs PHP Performance – JSON Decoding

In the last article, we saw that when it comes to maths, node.js was nearly 50x faster than PHP. This time, we’re going to look at JSON – a data format at the core of several modern technologies such as node.js and MongoDB. You might expect node.js to be incredibly efficient at JSON encoding/decoding, whereas [… Read More]

Node.js vs PHP Performance – Maths

Node.js has a reputation of being a very efficient framework, and most of the discussions around this focus on its event-driven nature, rather than the engine itself. I think it’s pretty obvious to most that when written properly, an event-driven application can be more efficient. However, what’s not so often discussed is how the JavaScript [… Read More]