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Will Vert.x pose a threat to Node.js's user base due to it's much better performance? [closed]

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prodev42 Avatar asked May 10 '12 01:05

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It's not like Node.js is even really dominant today (except in the Hacker News community of course), it hasn't even had a 1.0 release yet. Funny to be speculating on what might replace it already :)

Performance is nice (though micro-benchmarks are not the right way to judge that) but if that was the only thing that mattered we would all be writing custom web servers in C for every app. One of the other important things is the community support, which Node.js definitely has going for it at the moment. It has a very healthy open source (this being the key) community that has created a large library of tools.

I think Vert.x is interesting and has a different way of looking at things than Node.js which is great. If they are able to continue to make progress, get more people interested in it, and show that it is easier and faster to write web apps then who knows? Maybe in a few years we can have a discussion on what is going to threaten Vert.x's future.

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Bill Avatar answered Sep 26 '22 16:09

Bill