As we have learned, Node's designers have succeeded in creating a simple, predictable, and convenient solution to the challenging design problem of enabling efficient I/O between disparate sources and targets, while keeping code easy to manage. Its abstract Stream interface facilitates the instantiation of consistent readable and writable interfaces, and the extension of this interface into HTTP requests and responses, the filesystem, child processes, and other data channels makes stream programming with Node a pleasant experience.
Now that we've learned how to set up HTTP servers to handle streams of data arriving from many simultaneously connected clients, and how to feed those clients buffets of buffered streams, we can begin to engage more deeply with the task of building enterprise-grade concurrent real-time systems with Node.
