将node.js与mysql集成需要我自己的服务器？

Question

As I've seen, node.js is not natively ready to work with mySQL, so it requires downloading and installing some specific libraries like node-mysql.

The question is: does most servers (like hostgator/godaddy) have support for node.js and node-mysql? Or when I join this area of server-side development I need to setup my own physical server?

Answer 1

This entirely depends upon the ISP and their setup, however as a general rule:

Most providers will have separate servers to handle mySQL, and let your node application know the server, port, database name, username and password to connect.

The short of it is: Configuring a system to run a database is very different from configuring a general purpose web server so it is to their advantage to specialize.

This also makes the database available to other applications running on other servers.

However, for my own development and deployment, it is all very very lightweight stuff and I run everything off the same server.

Now -- depending on your needs -- there are some file-based databases which don't require a server at all.