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Date:      Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:15:27 -0700
From:      Ihor Antonov <ihor@antonovs.family>
To:        Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NodeJS on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20200323201527.yeae67icceifel6d@sea-ll-10936>
In-Reply-To: <6742b7b7-67fc-a8d1-c7d4-c259f3c41f3c@nomadlogic.org>
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On 2020-03-23 09:58, Pete Wright wrote:
>=20
>=20
> On 3/20/20 9:40 PM, Ihor Antonov wrote:
> > Hello everyone!
> >=20
> > I have a need to run Javascript (NodeJS 12) application. Does anyone
> > have experience running this on FreeBSD? Does NodeJS perform well/sta=
ble
> > on FreeBSD? If so then please share your feedback.
> I've used it (and periodically continue to do so) to run node services.=
=C2=A0 It
> is pretty stable and performant, unfortunately the upstream development
> community has historically had a negative attitude towards the BSD's wh=
ich I
> think we've tried to address. i've been fortunate enough to steer devel=
opers
> away from node.js as a server platform for highly loaded systems though=
, as
> I find the debugging node apps to be difficult in the best of times.

I with you on that. I believe NodeJS/Javascript is a dead-end branch of c=
omputing
evolution and I hate it with burning passion. But there are times when
you don't have a choice...

> I also use it extensively for development workflows, for example buildi=
ng
> webpack bundles which are distributed to webservers.=C2=A0 This mostly =
just works
> except for the random npm package that is brain dead.

Thanks for the feedback!

------------
Ihor Antonov



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