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Server Side Javascript

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Remember that whole Appengine got the JVM link I posted yesterday?  I forgot to add one thing.  Rhino is on that list.  Meaning, you can write really awesome Javascript applications on the Google-server.  In Ted Leung’s Pycon talk he specifically points out the performance gains that several big companies have baked into Javascript, how Javascript is one of the most “known” languages, and how Python & Ruby folks should know that as soon as Javascript becomes an accepted server side language, they’re probably going to have to join or die.

Obviously, I’m paraphrasing.

That said, picture Ted as a crazy prophet saying that when the sky rains blood, it means the end of Python.  Then picture Google Appengine raining blood.  See where this is going?  Google totally released server side javascript on Tuesday.  The prophecy is coming true!

(If you watch the video, feel free to skip over the Q&A period, in which I ask a batshit crazy question and blame democracy for the inability of Python to feed more families.)

Written by Chris

April 9th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

Posted in Javascript, Python, Ruby, appengine

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  1. I definitely think server side JS is going to get a big push forward, and I’m actually working to make that happen:

    http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2009/01/29/what-server-side-javascript-needs/

    Actually, I should note that *others* are working to make that happen much more than me. I’ll be presenting (on the open track) at JSConf in a couple of weeks and hope to have some good stuff to show for the cross-interpreter JavaScript standard library.

    (BTW, people have Helma NG and Jack [WSGI in JavaScript] running on AppEngine)

    Kevin Dangoor

    10 Apr 09 at 10:48 am

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