Reputation from Doldol - Linus Tech Tips

Doldol reacted to digitalfury in Call for Coders 2017 September 18, 2017

@Doldol

I agree. Node.js is great for small projects but doesn't have any development standards.

Also, picking node.js shrinks the developer pool down to developers who understand developing smaller web applications like many have pointed out node.js is used for. There is a lot more developers with diverse experience outside of node.js with javascript and jquery. There is a higher chances looking for a jquery developer who specializes in big web applications instead of a node.js developer.

Almost always when I'm making web applications I just use straight JQuery and Javascript for anything dynamic. The standards typically are defined by the style of the developer.

One of the biggest web development applications I created for a business took me 2 years to develop front end to back end. The standards for debugging were handled per module which was easy to control.

The easy way always ends up being the wrong way in a long term project. I learned that early on in my development career.

Although it sucks always the best method is typically the closest to the original language without depending on any massive libraries or predefined standards that are outdated or simply missing from a popular choice of node.js.

The size of the project should have clearly defined standards for:
Which UI library to use as the standard Module, Class, Library Management Debugging, Testing, Version Control Flexibility, Scalability, Usability, ect. It's all important to make these decisions early on. One of the first project's I worked on it nearly doubled the time to complete that project because I ignored those factors until the very end.

Just my 2 cents but hopefully the information is found useful to make the best decisions for the longevity of their project at linustechtips.

Doldol got a reaction from echos in Call for Coders 2017 September 18, 2017

When I saw your Youtube video this sounded really exciting to me, up until I saw you guys where trying to do this in Node.JS.

NodeJS is shiny, new and fancy, it's fast, but you will be held back by your DB before you'll be held back by your web stack. Caching is often the answer.

My main gripe with NodeJS is that it's hard to maintain. Debugging is poop and there are no real standards. Hence it isn't great for large projects.

IMO you guys should have gone with Python technologies, Django, Django-channels, Transcypt, etc. And possibly write transcoding servers in C++, C or even Cython (or just use a Python library that implements ffmpeg)! (Again whatever you pick Python is excellent here as glue language.)

If your service goes anywhere and your developers aren't one-trick Node ponies, I guarantee you'll switch away from Node.
Since 2010 (when Node was starting to gain traction) I tried to to give it a chance multiple times, but I can't live without exceptions, standards and proper documentation. I chuckled a bit when you guys mentioned agile-development just after NodeJS.

However I wish you guys the best of luck! Attempting to compete with Youtube is very bold!.

Edit: Maybe give these articles a read, It's about someone who tried to switch their project to NodeJS from Python, but eventually went back.
https://blog.geekforbrains.com/why-im-switching-from-python-to-nodejs-1fbc17dc797a
https://blog.geekforbrains.com/after-a-year-of-using-nodejs-in-production-78eecef1f65a

Doldol got a reaction from iHammmy in "GTA V for PC delayed again" says WCCFTech January 13, 2015

I don't see a year mentioned. Hehe, sneaky.

Doldol reacted to Nuluvius in Best Software to Code Linux on? January 7, 2015

Lawl @ vim :lol:

Doldol reacted to madknight3 in How to Actually Get Into Programming? January 6, 2015

I say just stick with Python for now. You can learn all the programming basics with it then use it to work with SQL and files. Then you can try replicating some command line programs you use (or make your own).

Doldol reacted to gunsman in Razer Forge TV android console and peripheral. January 6, 2015

i had such high hopes, then i saw it is using an 805