I didn't see any mention of Rhino. Does he know that existed (exists?)?
This uses Nashorn to execute the Javascript.
PurpleJS – An alternative to Node.js for Java projects
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Re: PurpleJS – An alternative to Node.js for Java projects
#12Is it correct to say that this is like JRuby, but with JavaScript in place of Ruby?
Re: PurpleJS – An alternative to Node.js for Java projects
#13How does this relate to Nashorn? With something like Avatar-JS [1] you can even run some NodeJS apps without modifications on the JVM. [1] https://avatar-js.java.net
See also Trireme [1], an implementation of Node.js 0.10.32 on the JVM, using Rhino.
Re: PurpleJS – An alternative to Node.js for Java projects
#14How does this relate to Nashorn? With something like Avatar-JS [1] you can even run some NodeJS apps without modifications on the JVM. [1] https://avatar-js.java.net
It's built on top of Nashorn[1].
[1] https://github.com/purplejs/purplejs/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q...
Re: PurpleJS – An alternative to Node.js for Java projects
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#16This could be pretty cool. So in theory, all the Java, Scala, etc servers out there can wire up an isomorphic single page app without calling out to a Node process. Once the docs are written... https://github.com/purplejs/purplejs/wiki/Embedding
Or you use Scala and Scala.js and just get things done.
Re: PurpleJS – An alternative to Node.js for Java projects
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
This uses Nashorn to execute the Javascript.
Oh ok so thats the new version then or rewrite? Just seems like he thinks its a new thing even though its been around for many years.
Rhino got a poorly documented rewrite and is a pain to use, JDK 8 forward there's Nashorn. Elsewhere I've used J2V8, a very lightweight wrapper around V8
Re: PurpleJS – An alternative to Node.js for Java projects
#18This reminded me of Nodyn[1], a Node-compatible JVM implementation, which it appears is no longer actively developed.
Re: PurpleJS – An alternative to Node.js for Java projects
#19Why do people think async code is complicated and keep trying to replace it?
I think there are just people who will never understand or fully grok the beauty, power and simplicity of functional programming and will always seek to replace it. I feel sorry for them.
Re: PurpleJS – An alternative to Node.js for Java projects
#20I particularly don't find the problem it solves appealing. The power of Node comes specifically from its everything async programming model, Javascript is just a detail.
So what's the point in taking away the good part, and keep the cumbersome one? If you just want to program a Synchronous server in the JVM,just stick to Java.