Re:AppHarbor adds node.js support
by runesoerensen on Thursday January 19, 2012 @10:20PM
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AppHarbor uses nginx as a load balancer and it currently doesn't support HTTP/1.1 proxying with upstream servers, which is required for Websockets support. It was recently introduced in the development branch (v. 1.1.4 http://nginx.org/en/CHANGES) and should make it's way into the stable branch soon.
We (AppHarbor) are adding support for node.js on a beta-basis primarily to collect initial feedback from our users. Improved support for debugging node apps is certainly something we'll look into.
Re:AppHarbor adds node.js support
by runesoerensen on Friday January 20, 2012 @12:21AM
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Sorry about the confusion - didn't mean nginx would have WebSocket support when HTTP/1.1 proxying is supported. It seems like it's a necessary feature before it can happen though.
Neither seem to support WebSockets (though the Heroku article I found was a bit dated[1]) for the time being.
From the article, it seems like AppHarbor doesn't automagically pull in the dependencies from the package.json, which Heroku does.
Add-ons wise, there is a lot of overlap, but Heroku definitely has more at the moment.
Heroku lets you run one-off processes, which is nice for debugging. I couldn't find this functionality on AppHarbor.
[1]: http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2011/6/22/the_new_heroku_2_n...
We (AppHarbor) are adding support for node.js on a beta-basis primarily to collect initial feedback from our users. Improved support for debugging node apps is certainly something we'll look into.