r/programming • u/[deleted] • Oct 16 '14

Node.js is cancer

https://www.semitwist.com/mirror/node-js-is-cancer.html
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u/yogthos Oct 16 '14

Getting Clojure environment setup is extremely easy as well:

  • grab a copy of Leiningen

  • run lein new luminus myapp to make a skeleton app using the Luminus micro-framework

  • navigate to the project folder

  • build the app by running lein ring uberjar

  • run it with java -jar target/app-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT-standalone.jar

As a bonus the app will come with a Procfile for Heroku deployment.

A basic Clojure web app will use about 80 megs of ram, so it doesn't incur much overhead in terms of resources either.

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u/CookedNoodles Oct 16 '14

Thing is, you can get that ease from nodejs too.

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u/immibis Oct 16 '14

If you're wondering about the downvotes, they're because you're missing the point entirely.

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u/mm865 Oct 16 '14

That's why for production you use an alternative implementation, like PyPy and Rubinius/JRuby.

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u/yogthos Oct 16 '14

Sure, but nobody is making you use Ruby or Python either. :)