8. 1. Buzzword ?
2. JS.everywhere(2013);
3. JIFSNIF
4. Huge community
Platform Repo Total
packages
Platform
years old
Avg/year since
platform
Repo
years
old
Avg/year
since repo
Python PyPI 31 066 22 1 412 10 3 106
Java Maven
central
58 272 18 3 237 9 6 474
Ruby Gems.org 56 869 18 3 159 5 11 373
Node Npm 30471 4 7617 3 10 157
stats polled the 21st of May 2013
JavaScript is fun so node is funnier
9. WTF is node.js ?
The illegitimate child of Google and Netscape !
29. The good parts for node
- Functionnal language : fits the event model
- Easily extensible : redesign of non blocking APIs,
DSLable
- Becomes popular : the language of the web