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Node.js is typically used for servicing web applications, but it has found some other surprising uses as well. There's a fairly sizable robotics (check out John
by Rezo 11y ago
Node.js is typically used for servicing web applications, but it has found some other surprising uses as well. There's a fairly sizable robotics (check out Johnny-Five) and drone community around it as well. The programming editor Atom by Github is also a "traditional" desktop app with Node.js at the core.
In my opinion, Node's biggest advantage today is the absolutely massive module ecosystem that has sprung up around it in record time. It's already the biggest, as well as the fastest growing according to http://www.modulecounts.com/ http://www.modulecounts.com/ You can find a package for almost everything imaginable, and your typical Node app is made up of dozens of these modules. So take a look at https://www.npmjs.com/ https://www.npmjs.com/, and try searching for whatever field interests you.
- peeyek 11y ago> The programming editor Atom by Github is also a "traditional" desktop app with Node.js at the core. Nope, Atom it's based on electron[0] itself which use io.js and Chromium as a core. [0] https://github.com/atom/electron https://github.com/atom/electron
- poof131 11y agoI think under this context, a student asking about node’s uses, drawing the distinction between io and node isn’t really relevant, especially since there are plans to merge the two.[1] But thanks for the link, didn’t know about Electron, seems really cool. http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/05/nodejs-iojs http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/05/nodejs-iojs
- bdcravens 11y agoIt started using Node.js; it switched to io.js in February. I think for the purposes of "What's the use-case for node.js?" node.js and io.js should be considered the same.
- nileshtrivedi 11y agoPopcornTime is also a NodeJS app.