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> References: <20200321044044.3p3jjdzedd3nkkuq@sea-ll-10936> <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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