[Poll] Node.js and ASP.NET

[shypin]

my friend and i were debating about these two and i am kind of wondering what you guys use

 

I know there are a lot of others out there,

but just asking about these two here

 

feel free to comment whatever you use

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Why not both?

[shypin]

Why not both?

well imo one of them is enough to handle the server side operations of a website

it could work i think but that would be a weird integration

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well imo one of them is enough to handle the server side operations of a website

it could work i think but that would be a weird integration

 

Node rules

[shypin]

Node rules

i guess its a personal preference thing

im slightly better at c# than i am at js so i use asp.net more often

[Mkfish]

ASP.NET is fantastic (I used to hate it, but saw the light) I'd really like to try Node.js but it will probably be a long time before I get to implement it into my daily work flow.

[Hazy125]

Taking personal preference for PHP out

Node>PHP>ASP

[Ciccioo]

You only needed to add the 'turnip' options, and this would have turned into the holy grail of bad polls

[Neil]

You're naive in thinking that "one of them is enough for server side."

 

In most application stacks for major websites, they're not based only in one language--they're based in many. The correct tool for the job is chosen, and they all work together to provide the overall experience. I've seen NodeJS + Java + Python + PHP + .NET stacks where they all do different things, and work together.

 

Programming isn't about picking a language and saying "This one is my favorite, I will use it for everything".

 

It's about evaluating the problem at hand, and picking which language is most efficient, fast, and sensibly to solve the problem.

[shypin]

You're naive in thinking that "one of them is enough for server side."

 

In most application stacks for major websites, they're not based only in one language--they're based in many. The correct tool for the job is chosen, and they all work together to provide the overall experience. I've seen NodeJS + Java + Python + PHP + .NET stacks where they all do different things, and work together.

 

Programming isn't about picking a language and saying "This one is my favorite, I will use it for everything".

 

It's about evaluating the problem at hand, and picking which language is most efficient, fast, and sensibly to solve the problem.

well for me at least asp.net is enough to handle all my server code

so i dont think there is any point for me to use nodejs in the near future

yes i know they COULD work together, but for a SIMPLE application you only need one

[Ciccioo]

I've seen NodeJS + Java + Python + PHP + .NET stacks

so... can you still sleep at night?

seriously though, that sounds like a nightmare, if their sw uses all that stuff it's probably because someone took some poor decision in the beginning, right?

[Neil]

so... can you still sleep at night?

seriously though, that sounds like a nightmare, if their sw uses all that stuff it's probably because someone took some poor decision in the beginning, right?

 

I can't sleep at night for different reasons.

 

No, it's really just about, as I said, choosing the right tool for the job at hand. Every language has their benefits and applications, and it's about choosing the right language for what you're doing.

 

That stack was more of a hyperbole than anything else, but I've seen stuff close to that. Java for the frontend, some python/node for different APIs for services. PHP in some archaic application that does something that needs to be rewritten in another language. etc, etc.

 

If we're being truthful, .NET and Java are enterprise-level languages for websites, because it's very hard to scale out the other languages -- since they're either: 1. Unthreaded 2. Pseudo-threaded or 3. "threaded" (with emphasis on the quote marks...) Java and .NET are very well threaded applications that are designed to carry a lot of load. I'd say that 60-70% of the applications for major, high traffic websites are written in Java or .NET for the frontend. The backend stuff can be a lot of different things, it all depends.