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Points 3, 4 and 5 don't seem particularly NodeJS specific. For point 2, as you say, NodeJS is built around packages and has npm bundled for easy dependency man

Points 3, 4 and 5 don't seem particularly NodeJS specific. For point 2, as you say, NodeJS is built around packages and has npm bundled for easy dependency management. I'm surprised you didn't bump into this information more quickly as you were researching NodeJS as a technology. For me, point 1 is the interesting piece of this article; when working with scripting languages, I've always worked with code editors like Sublime Text 2 and Notepad++. I'd be interested to hear more about your use of an IDE; pros / cons - what areas of development you found it improved and where it get in the way.

rm2kdev 13y ago
Fair point. For me points 4 and 5 were part of my nodejs learning experience while your right they are not 'node specific' they are however things that if i had a better understanding of before i began i do believe would have made my initial experience better :) I may do a more elaborate comparison of IDE's and how they've effected my workflow regarding node in the future thank you for the inspiration there :) And yeah, looking back i am surprised that i didn't find out about npm and packages earlier on in the game. But yeah for me the learning experience was so fragmented that it was very hard to get a good grip on 'what i needed' and 'what was available' i suppose in the beginning i spent all my time trying to learn the 'core' nodejs without knowing that later i'd spend all my time in 3rd party librarys