Node.js built-ins on Deno Deploy

Post by troupo » Mon, May 29, 2023, 10:56 AM UTC

bombela wrote: post #104

troupo wrote: post #103

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Official docker image for node is built from Alpine or Debian [1] Forgive me if I don't believe that running a full OS on a host OS to run a single node command doesn't amount to running a VM. [1] https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/tree/main/20

It doesn't run a full OS. Merely the nodejs binary with all it's dependencies. You can think of Docker containers as a way to package an application dependencies, ending at the (Linux) kernel API/ABI.

"Merely".

As in: "a completely different node js binary in its own environment, its own networking, its own file system overlay etc."

Post by forty » Mon, May 29, 2023, 7:12 PM UTC

troupo wrote: post #111

bombela wrote: post #104

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It doesn't run a full OS. Merely the nodejs binary with all it's dependencies. You can think of Docker containers as a way to package an application dependencies, ending at the (Linux) kernel API/ABI.

"Merely". As in: "a completely different node js binary in its own environment, its own networking, its own file system overlay etc."

I cannot say if your are wrong because of ignorance or bad faith, but in case it's the former: running in a container is not the same as running in a VM, no rewording of the definition of either will make it the same or even equivalent. The difference have some impact on performance and security among other things, I recommend that you take the time to understand the difference if it's a topic of interest for you.

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