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I vividly remember starting my first java project a few years back and starting my first node project a year back, personally getting started with node was easi

by mohi13 9y ago

I vividly remember starting my first java project a few years back and starting my first node project a year back, personally getting started with node was easily 5x more complicated with so many weird tooling before a first line of code is written.

ricardobeat 9y ago
Are you thinking of node or a web project? Node requires zero tooling and is distributed as a single executable ~10-20MB on all platforms + already comes with npm.
- mohi13 9y ago
  Making a web service via nodejs vs a web service using say dropwizad, all these web pack business is pretty complicated.
  - ricardobeat 9y ago
    I’m still confused. Webpack is a frontend build tool and completely unnecessary for writing a web service. Also, from the Dropwizard tutorial: 1) configure Maven 2) create a config class 3) write a mapping.yaml for “Jackson” 4) create an application class 5) create a representation class 6) create a resource class 7) register the resource 8) configure maven again (!) for building a .jar 9) finally run it. With node you literally write 5 lines of code importing the http module and run `node server.js`. I can’t possibly imagine what steps could be more complicated than Dropwizard. I consider webpack overly complex myself, but it’s a completely self-inflicted option and not a standard for nodejs development at all. I’d be curious to know what docs you were trying to follow if you can recall.
iovrthoughtthis 9y ago
Really? 1) Install node. 2) Write script. e.g. console.log('hello'); 3) Run script: > node script.js hello Java 1-10) Download Java * 11) Ensure JAVA_HOME is set right 12) Write java public class Hello { public static int main(String[] args) { System.out.println("hello"); } } 13) Compile java > javac Hello.java 14) Run java > java Hello hello * Yes, this is obviously facetious. EDIT: Code formatting thanks to https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

by mohi13 9y ago

ricardobeat 9y ago

Are you thinking of node or a web project? Node requires zero tooling and is distributed as a single executable ~10-20MB on all platforms + already comes with npm.

mohi13 9y ago
Making a web service via nodejs vs a web service using say dropwizad, all these web pack business is pretty complicated.
- ricardobeat 9y ago
  I’m still confused. Webpack is a frontend build tool and completely unnecessary for writing a web service. Also, from the Dropwizard tutorial: 1) configure Maven 2) create a config class 3) write a mapping.yaml for “Jackson” 4) create an application class 5) create a representation class 6) create a resource class 7) register the resource 8) configure maven again (!) for building a .jar 9) finally run it. With node you literally write 5 lines of code importing the http module and run `node server.js`. I can’t possibly imagine what steps could be more complicated than Dropwizard. I consider webpack overly complex myself, but it’s a completely self-inflicted option and not a standard for nodejs development at all. I’d be curious to know what docs you were trying to follow if you can recall.

iovrthoughtthis 9y ago

Really? 1) Install node. 2) Write script. e.g. console.log('hello'); 3) Run script: > node script.js hello Java 1-10) Download Java * 11) Ensure JAVA_HOME is set right 12) Write java public class Hello { public static int main(String[] args) { System.out.println("hello"); } } 13) Compile java > javac Hello.java 14) Run java > java Hello hello * Yes, this is obviously facetious. EDIT: Code formatting thanks to https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc