Node.js and the new web front-end

Re:Node.js and the new web front-end by rpedela on Monday October 07, 2013 @04:45PM (#6511140)

Java and .NET are the only strongly typed languages used heavily as a web backend. Python, PHP, Ruby, and Node.js are all weakly typed.

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Re:Node.js and the new web front-end by lsiebert on Monday October 07, 2013 @05:11PM (#6511307)

You are confusing dynamic/static vs strong/weak typing.

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Re:Node.js and the new web front-end by veemjeem on Monday October 07, 2013 @05:28PM (#6511399)

I think python & ruby are considered strongly typed, whereas javascript is weakly typed. strong/weak usually refers to implicit conversion or not.

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Re:Node.js and the new web front-end by hackula1 on Monday October 07, 2013 @05:05PM (#6511265)

Yeah this strikes me as the usual "language X sucks, because dynamic languages suck".

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Re:Node.js and the new web front-end by CmonDev on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @05:48AM (#6513837)

Not really, scripting has it's good uses. It's just wrong to use scripts to replace programming languages for all tasks.

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Re:Node.js and the new web front-end by hackula1 on Friday October 11, 2013 @11:17AM (#6533648)

A "scripting language" is a programming language. "Scripting" is a completely useless description, and is usually used to stoke a flamewar.

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