Building a Non-Trivial App in Node.js – Skookum Blog. We recently launched ClickDummy, a free app for web designers that turns mockups into prototypes, and one of the first systems with node.js powering its full feature set. Interest in node as a platform is huge, but little has been reported on a full development-production cycle. Our experiences with ClickDummy have exposed issues you’ll likely face while building your own node applications. Others have already explored why node.js is quickly becoming the most popular kid in school.
We chose the platform for Clickdummy specifically because we are a team of JavaScript experts building an app for fast collaboration. If you’re making your platform decision right now, consider this: Pro Familiar, expressive language – If you’re building a web app, it’s likely that your team has strong JavaScript-fu. Con Unstable / Incomplete Libraries and APIs Node is immature, so much like a teenager, it’s full of energy and passion and constantly changing direction. Uncaught Exceptions taking down your server. NVM for Nodeists. Managing your Node.js install - Shallow Thoughts. Node.js PaaS Nodejitsu Open-Sources Several Tools. Nodejitsu, the original Node.js platform-as-a-service, has open-sourced several of its tools, some of which are used in its own production stack. These could be useful to those running their own Node.js servers or private clouds.
Some of the tools are very simple, like forever, which ensures that a script runs continuously. Others are more involved, such as the application server haibu and the cloud deployment tool jitsu. You can find all sort Node.js goodness at Nodejitsu’s GitHub. Here’s a partial list of tools: Nodejitsu now has several competitors in the Node.js PaaS space, including VMware CloudFoundry and most recently Heroku. Also, Nodester (formerly known as NodeFu) runs a Node.js PaaS based on some of Nodejitsu’s open source tools, but promises to release some of its own open source tools. Learning Server-Side JavaScript with Node.js. Up and Running with Node.js. Mastering Node - Open Source Nodejs eBook.
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