Connection rate test

parallel.js

const http = require('http');

const baseUrl = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/', max = 100;
var index = 1;

(function fetchNext() {
  if (index < max) {
    var url = baseUrl + index++;
    console.log(`fetching ${url}`);
    request = http.request(url);
    request.on('response', (response) => {
      response.on('data', () => {});
    });
    request.end();
    fetchNext();
  }
})();

sequential.js

const http = require('http');

const baseUrl = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/', max = 100;
var index = 1;

(function fetchNext() {
  if (index < max) {
    var url = baseUrl + index++;
    console.log(`fetching ${url}`);
    request = http.request(url);
    request.on('response', (response) => {
      response.on('data', () => {});
      response.on('end', fetchNext);
    });
    request.end();
  }
})();