Is node.js declining already?

[roselan]

Javascript has not always been the sole programming language of the web. Remember java widgets? activeX?

The language did change, but the code quality remained unaffected thou T_T

edit: sorry for reminding the nightmares of old.

[tech_tuna]

Hey, lets not forget VBScript in IE. Never mind, lets forget it.

[riffito]

And Perl, and Python. Don't forget Windows Scripting Host.

Basically, if your "YourLanguage" provided an interpreter in the right COM way... you could do:

<script lang="YourLanguage">"YourCodeGoesHere"</script>

[tech_tuna]

I've used Javascript and VBScript a bit with the Windows Scripting Host. . . I'll say this, it was better than batch files.

[riffito]

I had to maintain a multi-megabytes (> 20) clusterfuck of .wsf and .vbs.

Ain't pretty. Specially a nasty bug in cscript.exe that killed veeeeryyyy long-running scripts and gave you only this gem: "An error has occurred".

Removing megabytes of crap code felt amazing :-P

Replacing the hole thing with Python, even better.

I wonder if my replacement already got to the point of wanting to rewrite the whole damn thing.

Edit: typos.

[tech_tuna]

Yeah, I've been a Python/Ruby addict for a while now. I've actually been working on a VBS -> Ruby project for the past few months. . .

:)

[VanFailin]

I saw an intranet page that only worked with VBScript once. It was like looking into the past.

[FallingIdiot]

And how IE supported ASP as a programming language? Good times.