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as a d user, i definitely do not recommend d for web development. for everything else, go for it. it's just because d does not have a mature web development eco
by TheSmoke 7y ago
as a d user, i definitely do not recommend d for web development. for everything else, go for it. it's just because d does not have a mature web development ecosystem.
i'm hoping this will change soon but this is the case for now. i simply don't want you to be disappointed when you finally decide to jump in.
- jordigh 7y agoI've only dabbled with Vibe.d, but it seemed quite mature to me. Well, maybe not "mature" but usable; I would have liked a little bit more documentation for Diet templates, but they weren't that hard to pick up from examples.
- z3t4 7y agoI do not like web frameworks. All I need is a websocket module with legacy fallback. Something like SockJS, to build a JSON API on-top of. And a database module for persistence. But I use Node.JS for almost everything; image rendering, network services, utility tools. etc. And if a bash script requires more logic then a bunch of unix pipes I usually write that in Node.JS too. I like that D can be used like a scripting language. Node.JS started out as an async networking framework focusing on performance, simplicity and fast development. Despite it's huge potential it has mostly become a scaffolding tool for web frameworks. What concerns me most though is TypeScript as well as EcmaScript piling on mostly useless features to the JavaScript language, making it harder to learn, and dividing the community.