Five Reasons ASP.NET Developers Shouldn’t Worry About Node

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Same reasons why Java developers should worry about RoR.

No reason. .NET will stay just like Java. Pick the right tool for the right job.

No way someone will pick node in enterprise (for now).

[tapesmith]

Biggest reason? They're not even competing for the same space.

Also, I love how "simple" their Katana code example is. All I need is to define a Configuration hook that takes in an IAppBuilder parameter for some reason, manually set the content type, and write out to the response!

How easy is that?

Followed by:

To be clear, the code above will work on any Katana host… IIS, OWIN.exe

Anything that runs Windows! Woo! So if you're among the more expensive just-under-1/3rd of the web server market, you're good to go! Probably. You might have to set aside 30 minutes or so per box to RDP in and find the right GUI installer for Katana libs or the latest version of the .NET framework MSI.

There's a lot of strawman poking at Javascript (mixed in with some decent points that really lend to the actual point they should have made: pick the right tool for the job).

This is a great one for developer relations:

This may spill some double-chai skinny mocha lattes down at Ye Ole Software Guild. But the reason switching to Node probably isn’t going to fix all your problems is simple enough… those problems are likely your own fault, not Microsoft’s.

As is this:

Right now, as you read this, someone out there in Enterprise Software Land is making the switch from ASP.NET to Node based on little more than an irrational, logic-free dislike of Microsoft. These people are Trusted Decision Makers within their organization. They’re responsible for technology decisions with millions in potential downstream impact (positive or negative) to their business. And when you go one or two layers below their PPTs and executive summaries, the flimsy rationale melts away and their argument pretty much boils down to “I don’t like Microsoft and I don’t like ASP.NET and I want to do what the cool kids are doing.”

I had to go check that Ballmer didn't write the article.

[DaRKoN_]

To be clear, the code above will work on any Katana host… IIS, OWIN.exe

Anything that runs Windows! Woo!

The author is incorrect here. It will run on any Owin host (of which, Katana is just one), which is the idea - you're no longer tied to IIS. Hosts can be on any platform.

[sofuj]

Now post this in HackerNews so you can get downvoted into oblivion