Node.js is the new PHP

by nmerouze • 14 years ago

22 6 14 years ago

Isn't the strength of PHP the easy to learn and easy install on cheap shared hosts and the strong killer apps like wordpress/magento/drupal/etc ?

Given the arguments in the article: Isn't Node.js rather the new RubyOnRails ? Rails had similar hype patterns and unclear long term usecases when they launched the blog video. (imho)

Pickels• 14 years ago

Except Node.js isn't a framework for building websites/web applications.

Also from the article: You'll not have headaches regarding concurrency (at first), but you'll have them when dealing with callbacks. For some cases I almost ended up with one callback per line, that's crazy!

People that write stuff like that are very ignorant and are probably trying to write Javascript like they write their Java.

nmerouze• 14 years ago

This example comes from a popular library https://github.com/christkv/node-mongodb-native/blob/master/...

shtylman• 14 years ago

"The parallel between PHP and Node.js is evident."

Just because you say something doesn't make it true. I found nothing in the article really linking the two other both being used for "web stuff". Everything else was either a design choice or still being evolved (nothing is magically perfect on day one).

PHP did something great for web development in a time when most people just wrote static sites. Node.js did something great by allowing people to write high concurrent/websocket apps with ease (or at least bringing this to their attention).

jcoffey• 14 years ago

The title smacks a bit of link bait

gexla• 14 years ago

"And I think it's really important to not fall into the trap of the hype using Node.js for everything"

Don't worry, I think the lack of the sort of standard library you would find in PHP or Ruby would keep people from considering using Node for "everything." ;)

Node.js is the new PHP

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