Node.js is an event-based, asynchronous I/O framework that uses Google's V8 JavaScript engine.
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How to implement a message queue over Redis?
Why Redis for queuing?
I'm under the impression that Redis can make a good candidate for implementing a queueing system. Up until this point we've been using our MySQL database with polling, or ...
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What do you suggest for cross platform apps, including web
I have always preferred cross platform development over most other concepts as long as I can remember. Which is one of the reason I never got into .Net. Currently, I use php/javascript/python as my ...
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How to write manageable code with functional programming?
I just started with functional programming (with JavaScript and Node.js) and from the look of things it looks as if the code I am writing would grow to be one hell of a code base to manage, when ...
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A good IDE for NodeJS - debugging especially important [closed]
Have a significant amount of a Data Warehousing application written in Javascript.
The application is set up so that the Javascript code runs in a web browser (Chrome). Of course, running a Data ...
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What is So Unique About Node.js?
Recently there has been a lot of praise for Node.js. I am not a developer that has had much exposure to network application. From my bare understanding of Nodes.js, its strength is: we have only one ...
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What determines which Javascript functions are blocking vs non-blocking?
I have been doing web-based Javascript (vanilla JS, jQuery, Backbone, etc.) for a few years now, and recently I've been doing some work with Node.js. It took me a while to get the hang of ...
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What are deferred callbacks?
I understand the idea of a callback, where I pass a function into another function and that function then uses the supplied function at will.
I am struggling to understand deferred callbacks, even ...
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Use-cases for node.js and c#
I do quite a bit of ASP.NET work (C#, MVC), but most of it is typical web development. I do Restful architecture using CRUD repositories. Most of my clients don't have a lot of advanced requirements ...
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Is node.js a good fit for background processing?
I'm slowly learning node.js and have a small project I want to start. The project will have a lot of background processes (downloading data from external sites, parsing CSV files, etc.).
A big "win" ...
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Node.JS or Scala for mobile and web apps [closed]
I am coming from a php background with some python as well. I want to start working on a different language for both web and mobile development. I am also interested in real time apps dealing with ...
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mysql, one connection vs multiple
On nodejs with node-mysql, should I create one connection for the service like this:
var client = mysql.createClient({
user: 'user',
password: 'pass'
}); // Create a new mysql Client
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Why might I switch from ASP MVC to Node/Express? [closed]
So I've been wanting to try Node and Express. Not to mention Jade and Stylus. Webstorm has in my opinion an amazing user experience and I want to use it and these technologies. Here is where I get ...
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Is there an easy way to map directory structure to a MongoDB schema?
I'm trying to store a directory structure, including files and their content, in MongoDB. The work is part of a synching app, and is using in Node/Mongoose.
Now, I'm new to Mongo, and it's late here ...
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Should I include test runner module as a dependency in my module?
My module has no dependency on its own but for running tests you need to install jasmine-node module. Should I include that module as a dependency?
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node deep file indexer module cannot go deep [closed]
I'm trying to make a file indexer by node.js. The program is supposed to index files and folders in an array and also check inside folders and add all sub folders and files
I wrote:
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