I don't understand why anyone would use Node.js

Re:I don't understand why anyone would use Node.js by whiterabbit on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @10:54AM (#2709676)

Ideally, would you write your web application using one language, or ten?

And that is how it's relevant. Any developer who can't grasp this concept has no place working for a company producing web-based software.

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Re:I don't understand why anyone would use Node.js by sofuture on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @11:01AM (#2709701)

I would choose to write it in however many languages fit the various pieces best. To choose otherwise would be ill-advised.

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Re:I don't understand why anyone would use Node.js by whiterabbit on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @11:05AM (#2709715)

By "however many languages fit the various pieces best," did you mean the most or the fewest?

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Re:I don't understand why anyone would use Node.js by sofuture on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @12:12PM (#2710007)

I mean I wouldn't make technical decisions dogmatically.

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Re:I don't understand why anyone would use Node.js by whiterabbit on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @01:18PM (#2710278)

I think everyone here will back you up on that, but don't infer that zinxq is advocating choice by technical dogma. I read their post as simply asking for an explanation for node.js's accelerating popularity; of course there are many factors, but its ability to reduce lexical context switching is obviously a major component. To argue otherwise would be ill-advised.

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