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Maximizing the Power of Child Processes in Node.js: Real-world Examples

Node.js is a popular open-source JavaScript runtime that allows developers to build scalable and high-performance web applications. One of the most powerful features of Node.js is its ability to handle child processes. Child processes allow you to spawn new processes, run shell commands, execute scripts, or even fork multiple processes to handle a heavy workload. In this blog post, we will discuss how to use child processes in Node.js and provide real-world examples of how they can be used to improve the performance and scalability of your application.

Using the Child Process module

The built-in 'child_process' module in Node.js provides several methods for spawning and managing child processes. The most commonly used methods are 'exec', 'spawn', and 'fork'.

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