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My thoughts about node.js

Update: It looks like the post is too long for some people. So here is TL;DR: Node.js's sweet spot is where the server side is for integration work of fetching data from other sources (e.g. database) and when javascript is already used for the client side.

 

So, node.js is a hot topic now. I wanted to share some of my views about this framework, some misconceptions related to it (IMHO) and maybe help deciding when to use it.  If you find any mistakes, please comment!

 

The first thing I want to discuss is the misconception (again, IMHO) that evented IO is more performant vs thread IO. Here is what happens when a process does IO (simplisticly): 

ittayd 17/03/2012 - 13:29
javascript, node.js
Javascript IDE’s? yes!

Lately, I am surprised of how javascript is perceived with people who are not so familiar with the new era of javascript.
Javascript has stepped up in its significance as a development language quite high in the last 3-4 years and it still does.
With javascript becoming so popular for developing almost any field: server side, database, client, mobile devices, cable boxes, games (and I can continue wit this list – but i won’t), the need for a proper IDE arises.

orenf 27/10/2011 - 12:23
Javascript, javascript ide
Spine - Build Awesome JavaScript MVC Applications

Spine is an MVC framework to build client side web applications. It is modeled after Rails, with integration for the server side. It is also built using Coffeescript and supports writing applications in Coffeescript.

 

Another core value is that it focuses on making interactions with the server asynchronous, thus reducing the percieved load time of data.

ittayd 17/11/2011 - 06:52
javascript coffeescript, MVC, Resource
javascript tips & tricks

http://code.google.com/p/jslibs/wiki/JavascriptTips#language_advanced_Ti...

 

I thought I knew Javascript pretty well, I found a lot of things new to me

ittayd 05/07/2011 - 16:42
Javascript, javascript
Javascript as an assembly language

It is interesting to note that Javascript is becoming more and more an assembly language for the web. Javascript is used more and more as either the direct "VM" for new languages (e.g., coffeescript) , or an additional backend. See here a detailed list

 

The newes addition is ClojureScript, a dialect of clojure that compiles to Javascript. Here is the rationale behind it. Rich Hickey, creator of clojure is behind it.

 

I find two interesting issues here:

ittayd 21/07/2011 - 10:33
javascript, Javascript
Tikal’s Monthly Javascript Digest - 05/2011

This month’s issue, it the first issue in a series of “javascript digests”.
These digests will explore the very new and popular frameworks, discovers, articles, libraries, the important tips & tricks and the new API’s releases in the world of javascript for each month.
The issues will also include news about HTML5 & CSS3 and related examples and articles.

The idea of the digest is to give a small insight and focal point for few interesting subjects that were gathered during the month. In that way, you’ll have a starting digest point for the next month.

orenf 30/05/2011 - 12:21
incubator, Incubator, javascript, UI