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Launching NginScript

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Re: Launching NginScript

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Post by tootie »

I've recently been leaning towards not using web servers like nginx or apache at all. There are non-blocking server platforms like node.js or vert.x that let you code your web server instead of configure it. I find that ou frequently hit a wall of opaque redirect rules that become unmaintainable for any complex project. Having your server written in testable code makes it more predictable. It looks like nginx is trying to meet in the middle.

Re: Launching NginScript

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Post by wasd »

tootie wrote: post #2

I've recently been leaning towards not using web servers like nginx or apache at all. There are non-blocking server platforms like node.js or vert.x that let you code your web server instead of configure it. I find that ou frequently hit a wall of opaque redirect rules that become unmaintainable for any complex project. Having your server written in testable code makes it more predictable. It looks like nginx is tryi…

I'm not sure if this is great idea. Use of reverse proxies has lots of benefits. You can manage load balancing, SSL Termination, serving static content (much faster), caching, compression, centralized logging, and using different applications on the same ur space (foo.com/app1, foo.com/app2). They also have the added benefit of another layer of security (look for and prevent various HTTP exploits and prevent them from getting to the web server). I'm not saying you can't do this in node but nginx/apache are really good at what they do.

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I've read through your comments and you seem like a pretty experienced developer. I don't think any of the information in my comment should be news to you so I'm curious to hear more about why you feel this way.

Re: Launching NginScript

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Post by Tenzer »

The post ends with "We look forward to your feedback as you try out nginScript [...]" but it doesn't mention where we can test it out. Does anybody know more about that?

Re: Launching NginScript

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Post by happytrails »

wasd wrote: post #3
tootie wrote: post #2

I've recently been leaning towards not using web servers like nginx or apache at all. There are non-blocking server platforms like node.js or vert.x that let you code your web server instead of configure it. I find that ou frequently hit a wall of opaque redirect rules that become unmaintainable for any complex project. Having your server written in testable code makes it more predictable. It looks like nginx is tryi…

I'm not sure if this is great idea. Use of reverse proxies has lots of benefits. You can manage load balancing, SSL Termination, serving static content (much faster), caching, compression, centralized logging, and using different applications on the same ur space (foo.com/app1, foo.com/app2). They also have the added benefit of another layer of security (look for and prevent various HTTP exploits and prevent them fro…

Even gods make mistakes

Re: Launching NginScript

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Post by graniter »

This is a welcome improvement to me. I've spent many an hour trying to figure out how to put some logic in nginx but it was never very intuitive to me. I think a reverse proxy + ssl termination + web cache should be considered part of a normal web stack and developers should be proficient to use the full stack when they develop and implement sites. Rather than trying to do everything on the app server, once I started utilizing nginx my app design changed somewhat and of course the response times dropped and the app server load was reduced. I'm hoping nginscript just makes it all easier to do.
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