Optimize your Node.js development applications for production performance.
Profiling Tools
- Node.js built-in profiler
- Clinic.js for visualization
- New Relic / DataDog for production
Quick Wins
Caching
- Redis for session/API responses
- In-memory caching for hot data
- CDN for static assets
Database
- Connection pooling
- Query optimization
- Proper indexing
Clustering
- Use all CPU cores
- PM2 for process management
- Load balancing
