(However, It's also worth mentioning that Discourse is, if anything, even more of a JavaScript project than a Ruby on Rails project.
So why not Node.js? Presumably it's down to maturity.
So why not Node.js? Presumably it's down to maturity.
Ruby isn't cool any more. Yeah, you heard me. It's not cool to write Ruby code any more. All the cool people moved on to slinging Scala and Node.js years ago. Our project isn't cool, it's just a bunch of boring old Ruby code. Personally, I'm thrilled that Ruby is now mature enough that the community no longer needs to bother with the pretense of being the coolest kid on the block. That means the rest of us who just like to Get Shit Done can roll up our sleeves and focus on the mission of building stuff with our peers rather than frantically running around trying to suss out the next shiny thing.
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"Hurr I said it's old school, so I use it. Now node.js is cool, so we can do our thang and no kiddies getting in the way"
I mean, wth?!
This whole post could be written with ruby changed to python and node.js changed to go or something.
Seems like there is no "real" reason to use ruby at all, he just likes it but can't simply admit it...
As he also noted:
There's always more than one way to do it, and just because I chose one particular way doesn't make it the right way – or even a particularly good way.
I guess you've other metrics to decide what tools to use, and that's great :)