Node.js powers the infrastructure of hundreds of thousands of web applications worldwide and is often used alongside Nginx, a powerful web server and load balancer, to run and manage high-traffic applications.
Nginx, one of the most widely used HTTP web servers in the world today, offers a variety of features such as reverse proxy, load balancing, and content caching. Despite its ability to host highly trafficked websites, it can be installed and configured with very simple steps.
