Anyone using Javascript on server side?
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Building desktop Linux applications with JavaScript:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/javascript-gtk-bindin...
I prototyped a Rails-like framework in JavaScript using Rhino and Servlets and was suprised how feasible the whole thing seemed for a production website. JavaScript is perfectly capable for this IMO.
The benefits come when you start to re-use code on the front- and back-end. An obvious example is form validation business rules. Using the same models can be really handy in AJAX-heavy apps, too. It can be very DRY if done right.
I saw that someone recently wrote a V8 module for Apache - that could lead to some really interesting developments.
The benefits come when you start to re-use code on the front- and back-end. An obvious example is form validation business rules. Using the same models can be really handy in AJAX-heavy apps, too. It can be very DRY if done right.
I saw that someone recently wrote a V8 module for Apache - that could lead to some really interesting developments.
I plan to use this in Mibbit, as a plugin system. Probably Rhino.
The idea would be that someone can write a backend and frontend component, submit them, and it'll be a little plugin app.
So you could have a whiteboard, multiplayer tetris, etc etc appearing next to the IRC chat.
The idea would be that someone can write a backend and frontend component, submit them, and it'll be a little plugin app.
So you could have a whiteboard, multiplayer tetris, etc etc appearing next to the IRC chat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-side_JavaScript http://www.joyeur.com/2009/01/14/joyent-acquires-reasonably-smart
I seriously doubt exiting server-side developers would use Javascript for server-side programming.
It doesn't make much sense to me as there are plenty of mature languages for server-side.
so is it just for front-end developers to apply their Javascript magic on server-side?