On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sure many would appreciate such a comprehensive large framework. > I and many others in the node community would not. > > One characteristic of the node "philosophy" is freedom. The freedom > to plug existing small modules together like a lego set. The freedom > to easily write our own modules. The freedom to swap out modules for > others as better ones come along. The freedom to make our > architecture unique while not writing code from scratch or even using > boilerplate. > > If I had to live within the constraints of J2EE or ROR or even > Express, I would find another job. My architecture migrates quickly > from project to project with each one more awesome than the last. Any > existing framework would be outdated within a year as far as I am > concerned. > > It is a new world..
A node.js "application server" is something Bert Belder and I have been discussing. The proliferation (and wildly varying quality) of modules and frameworks seems to be holding back node.js to some degree. I talk to a lot of developers and it's one of the most common complaints: "There's too much choice, we don't know what to use." The idea is to have a curated list of modules with appropriate stability and support guarantees. If you find a bug, we'll make sure it gets fixed in a timely manner; you won't be at the mercy of the module author. That gives the developer a stable, known-good base to start out with while preserving the freedom to use whatever he wants. It should also take away the cold feet that some businesses have. -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
