Bun: Fast JavaScript runtime, transpiler, and NPM client written in Zig

Re:Bun: Fast JavaScript runtime, transpiler, and NPM client ... by forty on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @06:25PM (#31994509)

100% this. Being compatible with nodejs API makes it possibly useful, unlike some other projects which want to throw away the huge npm ecosystem. Why on earth would anyone use JS (or even TS) server side if not to benefit from the ecosystem? Unlike on the web, there are plenty of better languages to use if you don't want npm.

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Re:Bun: Fast JavaScript runtime, transpiler, and NPM client ... by stevage on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @07:26PM (#31994990)

For me and possibly other full stack devs, because I don't want to stay current in two different languages. Using python and JavaScript sucked. Switching to Node and JS was much better.

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Re:Bun: Fast JavaScript runtime, transpiler, and NPM client ... by Aeolun on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:29PM (#31995421)

> Switching to Node and JS was much better.

Though now you have to stay current in two different runtimes which are subtly different.

Easier, but still a PITA.

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