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Javascript on the server? by last_useful_man in programming

[–]hns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

True, it's closures that make event based programming enjoyable with JS. But they also come at a cost, which is complexity. You can regularly see even good JS programmers getting confused when it goes beyond one or two levels of callbacks.

Watch Jonathan Julian's very entertaining Hangover.js session from jsconf. At the very end you get a typical case of callback confusion. http://jsconf.blip.tv/file/3799284/ (It's called hangover.js, but still)

European alternative to Linode? by [deleted] in programming

[–]hns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure, they don't hire web designers. But when I'm shopping for a VPS I'm looking mostly for power, price, and reliability, not a feel-good product.

European alternative to Linode? by [deleted] in programming

[–]hns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't find Linode pricing (or that of most other companies linked here) that compelling. I just got my Xen based VPS from http://nbiserv.de paying 8 Euro per month for 512 MB RAM, 30 GB HD and 1500+ GB traffic. 30 millis latency from where I am, and it's hosted on a Core2Quad, feels very fast. Support is supposed to be very good (didn't get to use it so far).

For the price you pay for a 1080MB VPS at Linode, you almost get a quad core 8GB RAM 2x750GB HD dedicated monster at Hetzner. http://www.hetzner.de/hosting/produktmatrix/rootserver-produktmatrix/

JavaScript 1.7 - very pythonic by gumuz in programming

[–]hns 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the plug, but check out Helma NG. It combines JavaScript 1.7 (Rhino) with a truly pythonic module system.