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Re: Yahoo Mail moving to React

#31

Post by general_failure »

loxs wrote: post #12
remon wrote: post #4

What an odd trend. First Netflix moves part of their infrastructure to Node ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8631022 ) and now Yahoo is doing something similar. Node.js is great but I don't think huge enterprise systems for some of the largest brands in the world are necessarily the best fit. I wish they'd provide some insights on why they're making that particular move.

Yep, node.js is the new PHP. Not by how it works, but by "shit everyone uses". Now, I won't try to convince anyone that it's crap (while I do believe it is), but it's the modern crap technology. Welcome to 1998, we are all "modern".

What framework would you suggest server side?

Re: Yahoo Mail moving to React

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Post by glifchits »

Yahoo's React/Flux projects mentioned at the end are intriguing. I have tried implementing Flux architecture in an app and found it really tedious and boilerplatey. I'm still looking out for well-implemented Flux dispatcher libraries.

https://github.com/yahoo/dispatchr

https://github.com/yahoo/routr

https://github.com/yahoo/flux-router-component

Re: Yahoo Mail moving to React

#35

Post by toong »

remon wrote: post #4

What an odd trend. First Netflix moves part of their infrastructure to Node ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8631022 ) and now Yahoo is doing something similar. Node.js is great but I don't think huge enterprise systems for some of the largest brands in the world are necessarily the best fit. I wish they'd provide some insights on why they're making that particular move.

Wallmart is another notable node.js user.

Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6784967 http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/24/why-walmart-is-using-node-...

Re: Yahoo Mail moving to React

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Post by ericclemmons »

glifchits wrote: post #34

Yahoo's React/Flux projects mentioned at the end are intriguing. I have tried implementing Flux architecture in an app and found it really tedious and boilerplatey. I'm still looking out for well-implemented Flux dispatcher libraries. https://github.com/yahoo/dispatchr https://github.com/yahoo/routr https://github.com/yahoo/flux-router-component

Me too. Reflux solved it for me and simplified things considerably!

https://github.com/spoike/refluxjs

Re: Yahoo Mail moving to React

#37

Post by emergentcypher »

brador wrote: post #11
remon wrote: post #4

What an odd trend. First Netflix moves part of their infrastructure to Node ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8631022 ) and now Yahoo is doing something similar. Node.js is great but I don't think huge enterprise systems for some of the largest brands in the world are necessarily the best fit. I wish they'd provide some insights on why they're making that particular move.

> I don't think huge enterprise systems for some of the largest brands in the world are necessarily the best fit Why??

Because javascript.

Re: Yahoo Mail moving to React

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Post by untilHellbanned »

I can't make arguments about Node's technical abilities, but I like that big companies are throwing more of their weight behind Javascript.

I think Javascript is fun and easy to use. That's good enough for me.

That it helps preserve balance with iOS and Android in the "software eating the world" conversation, is a bonus.

Re: Yahoo Mail moving to React

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Post by hueyp »

remon wrote: post #4

What an odd trend. First Netflix moves part of their infrastructure to Node ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8631022 ) and now Yahoo is doing something similar. Node.js is great but I don't think huge enterprise systems for some of the largest brands in the world are necessarily the best fit. I wish they'd provide some insights on why they're making that particular move.

I've watched a presentation where (I think) Linkedin talked about their use of node.js. They used it as an API Gateway (http://microservices.io/patterns/apigateway.html). The main requirements for this are making a lot of service calls quickly and transforming several JSON documents into a single JSON response. Node.js is actually pretty reasonable for this.

Re: Yahoo Mail moving to React

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Post by Igglyboo »

loxs wrote: post #12
remon wrote: post #4

What an odd trend. First Netflix moves part of their infrastructure to Node ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8631022 ) and now Yahoo is doing something similar. Node.js is great but I don't think huge enterprise systems for some of the largest brands in the world are necessarily the best fit. I wish they'd provide some insights on why they're making that particular move.

Yep, node.js is the new PHP. Not by how it works, but by "shit everyone uses". Now, I won't try to convince anyone that it's crap (while I do believe it is), but it's the modern crap technology. Welcome to 1998, we are all "modern".

node.js is the new PHP for hip web developers who read HN. It's still a relatively unheard of platform to most people and mocked by a lot as well.

I love it though.

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