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> Why should I learn Node instead? Node is a gateway to Javascript fluency for people that get a headache dealing with the DOM in the browser. You can write c
by doublement 7y ago
> Why should I learn Node instead?
Node is a gateway to Javascript fluency for people that get a headache dealing with the DOM in the browser. You can write command-line scripts, run them with "node [scriptname]", and learn.
Having done that, I've found that Node is great for fast prototyping of servers, even if those are going to be written in C/C++ ultimately. In not-super-formal work environment, you can very quickly write something that runs with the correct behavior, and treat that as the spec for the final performant code.
- rumanator 7y ago> Node is a gateway to Javascript fluency for people that get a headache dealing with the DOM in the browser. Honestly, to me Node always sounded like the exact opposite of your description: a way for frontend development experience to leak into the backend at least in appearance so that people who were able to hack around DOM updates could argue that they could develop for the backend as well, thus paving the way to pad resumes with "full stack" experience.
- doublement 7y agoI think it can work both ways, but I was looking at it from the perspective of the parent post.