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Is this going to make it easier to deploy NodeJs apps to Azure then? Love Azure, but had a hard time getting my NodeJS stuff up to Azure without some major iss

Is this going to make it easier to deploy NodeJs apps to Azure then? Love Azure, but had a hard time getting my NodeJS stuff up to Azure without some major issues.

jongalloway2 12y ago
If you haven't already been in touch with someone to get this sorted out, can you e-mail me (jon.galloway at microsoft dot com)? Would like to make sure we're tracking and fixing any issues you ran into.
chambo622 12y ago
I gave up on deploying my node.js app to Azure after finding that several modules I was using were simply not possible to run on Windows. Wasn't worth the trouble to refactor and avoid these dependencies. Windows is not a priority for most node.js devs, so unless you're doing something pretty simple/mainstream, you're likely to run into trouble.
- Zikes 12y ago
  Azure supports OSes other than Windows.
  - chambo622 12y ago
    Yes, it does. But if I'm just going to spin up a Linux VM on Azure to host my node.js app, there's not much reason to use Azure over other cheaper options. So that's what I'm doing.
tuna-piano 12y ago
Same, and I gave up trying to get Node to work with SQL Server. Ended up at Heroku because of this.
- skrowl 12y ago
  The node MS SQL bindings are still terrible, so I haven't really bothered much with Node because of it
  - jongalloway2 12y ago
    I'd recommend using Edge.js for that: http://tomasz.janczuk.org/2013/06/access-sql-azure-from-nodejs-app.html http://tomasz.janczuk.org/2013/06/access-sql-azure-from-node... http://tjanczuk.github.io/edge/ http://tjanczuk.github.io/edge/ http://tech.pro/tutorial/1852/how-to-leverage-sql-server-with-nodejs-using-edgejs http://tech.pro/tutorial/1852/how-to-leverage-sql-server-wit...
airtonix 12y ago
This is a trend amongst developers who rely on monolithic programs for development. YOu should really just stop developing on windows and learn to embrace docker.

Is this going to make it easier to deploy NodeJs apps to Azure then? Love Azure, but had a hard time getting my NodeJS stuff up to Azure without some major issues.

jongalloway2 12y ago

If you haven't already been in touch with someone to get this sorted out, can you e-mail me (jon.galloway at microsoft dot com)? Would like to make sure we're tracking and fixing any issues you ran into.

chambo622 12y ago

I gave up on deploying my node.js app to Azure after finding that several modules I was using were simply not possible to run on Windows. Wasn't worth the trouble to refactor and avoid these dependencies. Windows is not a priority for most node.js devs, so unless you're doing something pretty simple/mainstream, you're likely to run into trouble.

Zikes 12y ago
Azure supports OSes other than Windows.
- chambo622 12y ago
  Yes, it does. But if I'm just going to spin up a Linux VM on Azure to host my node.js app, there's not much reason to use Azure over other cheaper options. So that's what I'm doing.

tuna-piano 12y ago

Same, and I gave up trying to get Node to work with SQL Server. Ended up at Heroku because of this.

skrowl 12y ago
The node MS SQL bindings are still terrible, so I haven't really bothered much with Node because of it
- jongalloway2 12y ago
  I'd recommend using Edge.js for that: http://tomasz.janczuk.org/2013/06/access-sql-azure-from-nodejs-app.html http://tomasz.janczuk.org/2013/06/access-sql-azure-from-node... http://tjanczuk.github.io/edge/ http://tjanczuk.github.io/edge/ http://tech.pro/tutorial/1852/how-to-leverage-sql-server-with-nodejs-using-edgejs http://tech.pro/tutorial/1852/how-to-leverage-sql-server-wit...

airtonix 12y ago

This is a trend amongst developers who rely on monolithic programs for development. YOu should really just stop developing on windows and learn to embrace docker.