why i hate node js

sabato 10 novembre 12

Why I Hate NodeJS


• I do not hate anything

Disclaimer


•Working with web apps since 1998•Worked with a lot of different frameworks•Worked on some high traffic websites•Worked in the architecture team in a big sw company

Who Am I ?

http://linkedin.com/in/sammyrulez


http://linkedin.com/sammyrulez

http://linkedin.com/sammyrulez

What’s wrong with Nodejs?


JAVASCRIPT!


voluntier needed

What do you know about Javascript ?


[ ] + [ ]Result?


EMPTY STRING!

[ ] + [ ]Result?


[ ] + { }Result?


EMPTY OBJECT!

[ ] + { }Result?


{ } + [ ]Result?


EMPTY OBJECT!

{ } + [ ]Result?


EMPTY OBJECT!

{ } + [ ]Result?

or Zero?!?sabato 10 novembre 12

{ } + { }Result?


LIST EMPTY OBJECTS!

{ } + { }Result?


LIST EMPTY OBJECTS!

{ } + { }Result?

or NaN?!?sabato 10 novembre 12

There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious

way to do it.


Hemingway


Shakespaere


Dickens


It works. I know because I did the math and I have a model to prove it.

Architecture


V8: an insane external, platform dependecy

Architecture


Nodejs has his own way to be fast.

Architecture


Programming model


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Complexity O Feature


Programming culture


Random (unconfirmed) stuff

•Bugs / Stability•Poor libraries


Nodejs: the good parts


Community!


NPM


Hubble suggestions


Hubble suggestions

Fork V8


Hubble suggestions

Fork V8

Simplify callbacks


Thank youfor keeping me alive


...And one more thing...


Vertex.vmNon blocking event driven based on the JVM



Polygloth



Polygloth

Runs “Hello World” faster then Nodejs


why i hate node js

Technology

knowabout javascript

hubble suggestionssabato

jvm polyglothsabato

obvious way

programming modelsabato

programming culturesabato

jvm polyglothruns hello

architecture team