Re:Show HN: Nodal. Next-Generation Node.js Server and Framework
by chaostheory on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @06:48AM
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> i could imagine that a decent full stack dev would rather use the right tool for the right job.
The right tool depends on the requirements. If there's no special requirements then I don't see why javascript can't be a substitute for ruby, python, php, or perl on the backend.
> you would use something like couchdb instead of a relational db
I'm not sure this is a good analogy since javascript (as well as the backend languages that it seeks to substitute for) is more of a general purpose tool, and not a super specialized datastore.
The right tool depends on the requirements. If there's no special requirements then I don't see why javascript can't be a substitute for ruby, python, php, or perl on the backend.
> you would use something like couchdb instead of a relational db
I'm not sure this is a good analogy since javascript (as well as the backend languages that it seeks to substitute for) is more of a general purpose tool, and not a super specialized datastore.