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Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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That doesn't seem like a very good name. Why "DB"?

From the front page: "JSDB is JavaScript for databases, a scripting language for data-driven, network-centric programming on Windows, Mac, Linux, and SunOS. JSDB works with databases, XML, the web, and email. It is free and open-source. Use it as a JavaScript shell, to run CGI programs, or as a web server."

But, that's kind of a silly reason right? It's obviously a general purpose server platform. Nobody would say "NodeJS/perl/ruby/python/PHP/C++/Go/Java is for databases".

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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http://microjs.com/ much easier to browse

Can you qualify that? Would love to get help/suggestions on making navigation better...

What i meant was, everything on a single page and i could just ctrl-F search the list. JSDB.io is neat too for a larger growing list of JS.

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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From the front page: "JSDB is JavaScript for databases, a scripting language for data-driven, network-centric programming on Windows, Mac, Linux, and SunOS. JSDB works with databases, XML, the web, and email. It is free and open-source. Use it as a JavaScript shell, to run CGI programs, or as a web server."

But, that's kind of a silly reason right? It's obviously a general purpose server platform. Nobody would say "NodeJS/perl/ruby/python/PHP/C++/Go/Java is for databases".

Actually, it was originally designed to allow quick access to databases, but grew very quickly. So, no, not a silly reason at all.

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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But, that's kind of a silly reason right? It's obviously a general purpose server platform. Nobody would say "NodeJS/perl/ruby/python/PHP/C++/Go/Java is for databases".

Actually, it was originally designed to allow quick access to databases, but grew very quickly. So, no, not a silly reason at all.

It doesn't sound like it has much to do with databases anymore, so the name really doesn't seem to fit.

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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Looking like a great resource, nice work. +1 on the suggestions to link to npm and cdnsjs. I did spot that searching for 'require' did not find 'requirejs' (searching 'requirejs' finds it).

Yea, good point. The search system leaves a bit to be desired, but I'm working on it!

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

#49
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Ooh, nice; I've seen this before too but forgot all about it. @ksokhan, maybe think of linking up the CDN URL's from cdnjs.com to your site? Your site definitely offers more as far as discoverability.

While you're at it, link to http://npmjs.org/ e.g., http://www.jsdb.io/view/socket-io -> https://npmjs.org/package/socket.io

Yea, had a few people mention this... definitely my next addition! stay tuned :)
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