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Node is not everything to everyone, but for a lot of people, it's the right technology at the right time. - Easy to install and use, especially for hordes of c
by Jare 14y ago
Node is not everything to everyone, but for a lot of people, it's the right technology at the right time.
- Easy to install and use, especially for hordes of client side developers.
- Easy to manage packages and dependencies via npm.
- Fast and scalable for writing logic around data transportation.
- w0utert 14y agoI would say Python frameworks like Flask or Pyramid offer the first 2 benefits as well, and when used properly in combination with a caching proxy and container server that allows asynchronous processing the 3rd benefit too. So they are not unique to Node.js although out-of-the-box, as a standalone application server, Node will be faster. Which leaves the 'JavaScript comfort zone' as the main driver of Node popularity, which while understandable, IMO isn't exactly a technological benefit, rather a downside (I don't like JavaScript, at all).