Writing node.js applications in C#

Re:Writing node.js applications in C# by gizzlon on Thursday October 11, 2012 @09:00AM (#4640565)

I can't believe Javascrip is really that awful that anyone would rather go through all this trouble, rather than just write JS..

Maybe it has more to do with people being to reliant on IDE's, which he, kind of, admits to anyway..

I can't believe that any IDE is that great that anyone would rather go through all this trouble, rather than just use something else..

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Re:Writing node.js applications in C# by georgemcbay on Thursday October 11, 2012 @12:02PM (#4641384)

IMO JavaScript is that awful, but I still don't understand why you wouldn't just use Go or C# or whatever natively on the backend. There are lightweight frameworks similar in concept to node for virtually every language out there.

I understand why people write JavaScript translators for the browser -- there you're (unfortunately) stuck with JavaScript there is no other option. I also understand why people who do like JavaScript use node. Even though I'm not a fan of JavaScript, there is certainly some benefit to keeping a project all in one language. But if you're the type of person that wants to avoid JavaScript in the first place, why start off in a situation where you already have an overly complicated language-to-language transpiler situation on the backend?

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Re:Writing node.js applications in C# by yawgmoth on Thursday October 11, 2012 @10:01AM (#4640782)

I think in this case, it isn't about being dependent on Visual Studio, but C#.

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Re:Writing node.js applications in C# by hkarthik on Thursday October 11, 2012 @11:20AM (#4641144)

The two go hand in hand. Aside from a very small cross section of Mono users, most C# users are very dependent on Visual Studio.

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