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Why would I want to use server-side JavaScript?

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I'm confused, I regularly read talk of server-side JS, why would I want to use that? It seems like it would execute way slower than pretty much any other language, it also lacks many conventions that more sophisticated languages have.

Is it possible to hand entire objects from the client to the server, manipulate them and return them back?

Just struggling to understand the concepts of it.

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JP Silvashy Avatar asked Dec 15 '09 19:12

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  • I think you cant say anything about the speed of JavaScript without knowing where it is running. I think a V8 could beat a scripting languages like ruby or python.
  • In my opinion JavaScript is much more clearer language then for example PHP or Perl. But this is just my personal opinion.

So why not?

Interesting links: v8cgi, node.js, wxJavaScript and last but not least CouchDB (a JavaScript powered database server)

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TheHippo Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 20:09

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