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Im a little confused by the choice to use Node.js, whats the purpose? The creator says that ghost is not a blogging platform for developers, but then builds a n

• zalew 13y ago
  Maybe because modern quality products can't be backward-compatible with el cheapo php over ftp platforms forever. Supply meets demand and point-and-click PaaS are on the rise.
• treenyc 13y ago
  in the future. Javascript will be become the common language for the web. Why learn 2 language when 1 will take care of all aspects of the web.
• film42 13y ago
  I feel exactly the same way. I've worked on a few large node.js projects, and I really don't like it when people think, "I'll make a blog" or "I'll make a forum" and use node.js simply because it's "cool." Node is powerful if used in the right environment. I just don't think this setup provides a better solution than Ruby or Python frameworks.
• Wintamute 13y ago
  Why not use Node.JS? It's technically feasible to use it, and it'll be fun to fill in the blanks in terms of coding new tools and utilities that are missing the community right now. If they make something good it'll remove a lot of the friction for web developers to write plugins for it too ... we get to use JavaScript and a first class modern package manager. For non-developers I reckon it'll be much easier to host and deploy their own Ghost apps ... using npm its practically the equivalent of a one click install, and super easy to get onto a Cloud host like Heroku too. Much easier I'd say than provisioning Apache, PHP, a database, then installing Wordpress. Anyway, what's all this negativity towards somebody trying to do something with new tech? I thought we all like that sort of thing?