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Re: Ask HN: Is their any large scale, real life Node.js app?

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Post by dumbphone »

DrJ wrote: post #24
ignifero wrote: post #16

I have another question: Is there something that we can only do with Node.js?

is there anything only one language can do? I believe both answers is a no. I think we should be asking 'is there something that is best done with node'

So what's done best with Node?

Re: Ask HN: Is their any large scale, real life Node.js app?

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Post by crcastle »

pokoleo wrote: post #7

I heard somewhere that Facebook uses Node for recording stats. (Can't dig up the story though :S)

gilt.com uses (or used) node.js for real-time web analytics. Hummingbird was the first project that got me really excited about node.js.

http://projects.nuttnet.net/hummingbird/

Re: Ask HN: Is their any large scale, real life Node.js app?

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Post by crcastle »

DrJ wrote: post #25
pokoleo wrote: post #7

I heard somewhere that Facebook uses Node for recording stats. (Can't dig up the story though :S)

http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/05/nodejs-at-facebook... I remember there was HN item about this when it came out, but tl;dr of the article that I got was, some people want to use Node.js but performance + stability is what FaceBook wants, and something that isn't prevalent in Node (yet?) I wait for the day when NodeJS breaks backward compatability

node.js breaks backward compatibility every time it increments the x in its 0.x.y version number.

Re: Ask HN: Is their any large scale, real life Node.js app?

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Post by DrJ »

dumbphone wrote: post #33
DrJ wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

is there anything only one language can do? I believe both answers is a no. I think we should be asking 'is there something that is best done with node'

So what's done best with Node?

Asynchronous Event Based Web Servers? :X

Re: Ask HN: Is their any large scale, real life Node.js app?

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Post by dumbphone »

DrJ wrote: post #36
dumbphone wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So what's done best with Node?

Asynchronous Event Based Web Servers? :X

Sure, alright, but that's supposed to mean faster servers and a smaller footprint, and since one or two people here mentioned that Node doesn't really live up to that, my question is: What does Node offer me in terms of speed and footprint that, say, nginx doesn't?

Re: Ask HN: Is their any large scale, real life Node.js app?

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Post by ignifero »

DrJ wrote: post #36
dumbphone wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So what's done best with Node?

Asynchronous Event Based Web Servers? :X

... which are used to build web pages sent through a synchronous, request-response protocol that is HTTP. I understand asynchronous events are used in GUI design, where you have actual asynchronous sources (e.g. mouse), but what are the benefits for a web page?
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