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New Relic now supports Node.js

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Re: New Relic now supports Node.js

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Post by rads »

tshadwell wrote: post #16

Is the best reason to use Node.js really just that it supports asynchrony? I'm sure Go also has that and Erlang has existed for a long time. There are many other options, so why Node?

Some advantages:

- Yes, built-in async support is very important

- Everyone has to write JS at some point anyways -- it helps to take advantage of what everyone already knows

- You can easily share code between the client and the server

- There are tons of modules available on NPM already

- The compile-to-JS languages are getting more practical every day, and you can integrate them with existing JS code

If you consider time spent learning a platform compared to what you get out of it, Node.js is probably the best bang for your buck today.

Re: New Relic now supports Node.js

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Post by rubyn00bie »

Props to the New Relic node team... I remember when they started work on this, I was skeptical it could even be done (async tracing is a pain in the ass)...

Congrats, and great work, for getting the (near) impossible accomplished.

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Post by Lightbody »

erikcw wrote: post #6

Does anyone know if New Relic can be used in a more limited capacity with unsupported languages? I've been building an OpenResty/Lapis app (Lua) and would love to be able to get some visibility into my Heroku dynos.

(Product Manager @ New Relic here)

We launched a bunch of stuff today, including a new Agent SDK that is designed for exactly this purpose. It's beta today and has limited functionality, but give it a shot and let us know how it goes for you.

https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/features/agent-sdk

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Post by rurounijones »

ivix wrote: post #25

I really wanted to like new relic, but sadly their aggressive and pestering sales/account managers put me off. This was after we signed up!

I must admit I have been annoyed by it in the past but it seems to have dropped off a little recently, I wonder if things are changing.

Re: New Relic now supports Node.js

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Post by jarofghosts »

mnutt wrote: post #15

Interesting to read the (linked) article on how they actually built the support: http://blog.newrelic.com/2013/10/22/new-relic-node-js-apps/ Since node's native support won't land until 0.12, does anyone know what the downsides of the polyfill are? Is there a much larger performance hit?

I was fortunate enough to attend a talk given by the person primarily responsible for writing it and he (as well as some people already using it) said they see no discernable performance difference.
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