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Re:.NET 10 by 8cvor6j844qw_d6 on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @06:21PM (#45908319)
Security and quality aside, I feel that npm have a larger selection of libraries.
Re:.NET 10 by naasking on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @06:48PM (#45908560)
Sure, with quality libraries like "is-even", who can deny the supremacy of the JS ecosystem?

https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-even

Re:.NET 10 by 8cvor6j844qw_d6 on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @07:13PM (#45908757)
Wow thanks, a perfect package, just what I was looking for. I needed something to determine is even values.
Re:.NET 10 by smt88 on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @10:23PM (#45910177)
As someone who has written multiple Node and C# backends, Node isn't even close to the ecosystem quality. It's not in the same solar system.

Npm has tons of libraries, but they're mostly abandoned. Many barely worked in the first place. And if they're even a little out of date, there's a decent chance they're missing TypeScript types or they won't work with your module system. It's a nightmare.

Struggling with missing or broken dependencies is what made me swear off Node backends permanently.

Re:.NET 10 by ozim on Thursday November 13, 2025 @05:02PM (#45921226)
Well yeah I like how they boast numbers of libraries and numbers of downloads but most is crap.