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Because for a good chunk of the "web developer" or "web programmer" community, Node.js leverages the HTML/CSS/JS skillset they already have honed writing WordPr
by micaksica 10y ago
Because for a good chunk of the "web developer" or "web programmer" community, Node.js leverages the HTML/CSS/JS skillset they already have honed writing WordPress plugins and themes.
It's easier to get adoption of your platform when it's a syntax one-trick-pony mom and pop "website design" companies understand, because now with some tutorials they can say that they, too, can write server side code.
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- atoko 10y agoSsh it's ok. None of us will take your place as a "real programmer" :)
- nilliams 10y agoForgive me for a blunt reply to your snarky comment, but this is ignorant hyperbole, and I'm surprised you got away with it on HN. I've never written 'WordPress plugins and themes'. I've worked in C, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby. Yet I gravitate to Node for backends because it makes sense for many reasons over alternative platforms that are still playing catch-up in terms of practical solutions. One example: Node had solid websockets solutions from close to day one. Several years later, Django just added 'channels' to its org. Rails just added 'action cable'. Both feel very immature. Also Python and Ruby are slow as hell compared to Node.