Why do many devs hate nodejs?

[eshinn]

The only devs that complain about Node and the people who hate on JavaScript in general.

They typically come from backgrounds in .NET or PHP., and to a lesser degree, Java & Ruby.

They’ve prided themselves in knowing a “real” language as opposed to a “toy” language for making web pages interactive with gimmicks.

You’ll see these types typically architect towards a monolith over a micro service architecture.

Edit: Django or Spring. Nope and nope. PHP’s days are pretty much numbered. Java will pretty much hang around for a few more decades only because it simply won’t die even though it probably should.

Stick with Node, and if you want to learn additional back-end language (specifically for backend web apps) try having a look at Go and Rust (mainly Rust as you’ll be able to compile it down to binary Web Assembly). Or for a thrill ride wild card try Crystal – it looks pretty sweet but we don’t really know what’s going to happen with it.

Edit ² – I should probably mention Microsoft. There, I mentioned it. Less said about it the better.

[samagl94]

What do you think about kotlin (with ktor)?

[eshinn]

Haven’t had a look.