René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Exposing NodeJS Benchmarking functionality as a module","articleBody":"### What is the problem this feature will solve?\r\n\r\nThis feature introduces a new `node:benchmark` module (it exposes the internal benchmarking functionality that already exists in node core [bencharmk](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/benchmark/common.js), which serves the purpose of measuring the time taken for an operation to complete. \r\n\r\nThe module will also support benchmarking HTTP(s) requests using either autocannon, h2load or wrk [http-bencharmks](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/benchmark/_http-benchmarkers.js).\r\n\r\nThe module will also support and provide a user/developer friendly interface to compare benchmark results across two nodejs versions. [compare-benchmark](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/benchmark/compare.js)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n### What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?\r\n\r\nThe `node:benchmark` module gives a more reliable approach towards benchmarking a set of operations (The existing solution in node core might be also improved on to provide more functionality). \r\n\r\nThere is currently a [draft-pr](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/44974) on this (with few reviews on this).\r\n### What alternatives have you considered?\r\n\r\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/zombieleet","@type":"Person","name":"zombieleet"},"datePublished":"2022-10-17T11:14:36Z","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/45037"}