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On May 8, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Ethan Gruber wrote:
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> in.  Our data is exclusively XML, so LAMP/Rails aren't really options.

^^ Really?  Nobody's going to take the bait with this one?

-Ross.

> 
> Ethan
> 
> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Nate Vack <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Ethan Gruber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>>> It was recently suggested to me that a project I am working on may adopt
>>> node.js for its architecture (well, be completely re-written for
>> node.js).
>>> I don't know anything about node.js, and have only heard of it in some
>>> passing discussions on the list.  I'd like to know if anyone on code4lib
>>> has experience developing in this platform, and what their thoughts are
>> on
>>> it, positive or negative.
>> 
>> I've only played a little bit, but my take is: you'll have more parts
>> to build than with other systems. If you need persistent connections,
>> it's gonna be neat; if you don't, it's probably not worth the bother.
>> 
>> The Peepcode screencasts on Node:
>> 
>> https://peepcode.com/screencasts/node
>> 
>> are probably worth your time and money.
>> 
>> -n
>>