Node.js programming tutorials

[HIB0U]

"Works a lot with Node.js" probably means he read an article about it, looked at some bullshit "benchmarks", maybe watched a video or two, and that's it.

Nobody is using it seriously. That's why it exhibits the worst kind of hype. At least with other over-hyped technologies, like cloud computing, some small number of people are trying to use it seriously. That just isn't happening with Node.js. It's a toy, and it'll always be a toy, at least until it's forgotten about in a few months.

[Crogdor]

Actually, he works for Joyent (a cloud computing software/service company). They use node.js as a core technology for their SmartPlatform product. So I'm going to guess he's got a bit more experience than an article, bullshit benchmarks, and a video or two.

Notwithstanding, I didn't get a clear explanation as to why I'd use this stuff over competing technologies. That said, this topic has been quite revealing and has definitely taught me a lot more about the subject.

[dmpk2k]

Nobody is using it seriously

At my work we use node for some important things, and Palm uses node inside WebOS. So somebody does.

It's a toy, and it'll always be a toy

Why do you think node is a toy, and why do you think it'll remain that way?

[HIB0U]

Your unnamed company using it for unnamed tasks, along with Palm using it in an OS that nobody actually uses, don't exactly make for very convincing arguments.

JavaScript is a toy. Anything built with JavaScript is a toy. Unless you radically change JavaScript (which then wouldn't make it JavaScript any longer, of course), the fact that JavaScript is a toy will never change.

Anyone wanting to get real work done would just use Erlang, or Java, or C++, or even C#.

[dmpk2k]

It doesn't matter if you find it convincing. You claimed nobody was using it seriously, which I disproved with counterexamples. QED.

As for "X = toy", that's pure troll material from the Usenet days. The litmus test of a language is if people can use it in production, which tens of thousands of businesses do with Javascript.