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IMO it'd be a really smart move for Google to hire Vitaly to help with the launching of this feature and things around it. He has done a great job with PhantomJ

IMO it'd be a really smart move for Google to hire Vitaly to help with the launching of this feature and things around it. He has done a great job with PhantomJS. Even an acquisition[1] of PhantomJS would totally make sense, then let him keep working on it but based on headless Chrome and with real resources. [1] Careful how you spin it for this route, learn from TJ/Express https://medium.com/@tjholowaychuk/strongloop-express-40b8bcb8e5af https://medium.com/@tjholowaychuk/strongloop-express-40b8bcb...

why-el 10y ago
This is an excellent idea.
- cr0sh 10y ago
  Yeah - I like that idea too. I played around with PhantomJS for something at my current job - it ultimately didn't work out for us (and we went a different route), but it was interesting and fun to learn about.
krzyk 10y ago
Could you elaborate on the TJ/Express? The post you provided looks like the last one of series of events.
- stevenspasbo 10y ago
  There was a small controversy when StrongLoop purchased the Express repository from TJ, the creator of the project.
- franciscop 10y ago
  Yes, there was some controversy in the Node.js world because he sold the project of Express to StrongLoop just as he was leaving for Go. I think it was totally a problem on how things were communicated and that he had really a good intention. What didn't help much though is that StrongLoop then left the project unattended so the main person contributing to it (Doug Wilson) wasn't even acknowledged. So if an open source project is being sold: - Make sure everyone knows it's because it'll be better handled and not because of the money. - At least get a decent amount of money! According to TJ it was half a month worth of money. - If you are the company buying it don't leave it unattended afterwards. Anyway, now TJ is surely remembered with a lot of gratitude in the Node.js community and I'm so happy he helped it grow so much! This is all better explained here (and read the comments for TJ opinion): http://thefullstack.xyz/history-express-javascript-framework/ http://thefullstack.xyz/history-express-javascript-framework...

why-el 10y ago

This is an excellent idea.

cr0sh 10y ago
Yeah - I like that idea too. I played around with PhantomJS for something at my current job - it ultimately didn't work out for us (and we went a different route), but it was interesting and fun to learn about.

krzyk 10y ago

Could you elaborate on the TJ/Express? The post you provided looks like the last one of series of events.

stevenspasbo 10y ago
There was a small controversy when StrongLoop purchased the Express repository from TJ, the creator of the project.
franciscop 10y ago
Yes, there was some controversy in the Node.js world because he sold the project of Express to StrongLoop just as he was leaving for Go. I think it was totally a problem on how things were communicated and that he had really a good intention. What didn't help much though is that StrongLoop then left the project unattended so the main person contributing to it (Doug Wilson) wasn't even acknowledged. So if an open source project is being sold: - Make sure everyone knows it's because it'll be better handled and not because of the money. - At least get a decent amount of money! According to TJ it was half a month worth of money. - If you are the company buying it don't leave it unattended afterwards. Anyway, now TJ is surely remembered with a lot of gratitude in the Node.js community and I'm so happy he helped it grow so much! This is all better explained here (and read the comments for TJ opinion): http://thefullstack.xyz/history-express-javascript-framework/ http://thefullstack.xyz/history-express-javascript-framework...