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What people tend to forget about Node.js is that everyone knows JavaScript. This is really it's killer feature against other platforms. The ability to get a tea
by rbranson 16y ago
What people tend to forget about Node.js is that everyone knows JavaScript. This is really it's killer feature against other platforms. The ability to get a team up and running on Node is unparalleled.
- jhuckestein 16y agoUnfortunately, everybody "thinks" they know JavaScript. This is dangerous in many ways and might just as well be a node disadvantage.
- rektide 16y agothe particular danger i'd cite w/r/t JS is that its a much more flexible language than many, and that there's not the same level of entrenched best practices and tooling to enforce best practices. in other words, everyone knows JS, granted, but they know very different styles of it. consider the plethora of means of doing inheritance that exist for JS.