I don't know too much about node.js but I was dismissing it on the basis that JS was fundamentally a light-weight language. I may be wrong about that and the way it will evolve. For now, I have it in the next pigeon hole to php.
I long for the time that I will be able to program in a proper IDE (like Delphi for the desktop) using proven libraries, and run my code everywhere. I can only see that happening with a VM running in a ubiquitous and free browser but then I wonder whether JS can also provide a solid codebase for all heavy lifting on the server-side. Will developers (and their patrons) really begin to trust JS for all tasks? With the current confusion of libraries and dynamic typing etc, it seems like JS is strongest plant in a weedy pot, but could it really flourish in the open garden. I can't quite see it. In the meantime, I have delphi, php, python, JS, bash scripting, html, css, and sql, not to mention web2py, cakephp, and my own (terrible in-house) framework, a reporting system, a whole heap of apache and linux configurations, and a load of OS, network and database admin and deployment scripts clogging up my brain. I just hope that something like Node.js or Dart can succeed and have a proper eco-system of libraries so I can start reducing the number of things I'm expected to know so I can concentrate on ranting about other things. On Wednesday, 18 April 2012 19:11:55 UTC+1, mikech wrote: > > Isn't that the goal of Node.js? I agree Dart is an interesting language, > I'm currently following it. It does seem with efforts like Node.js and > Meteor that JS is advancing on both the server and client. > > >>
