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Joyent Smart Platform, open-source server-side JavaScript web framework.

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19 pointsRaphael9 comments

previously know as reasonably smart platform.

imho, they need to showcase a "wow" demo app, in the same way django featured ljworld or rails had the web app done in 5 minutes

does anyone understand what this platform does? is it a cloud computing api?

It's a platform-as-service deal. Like Google App Engine but with JavaScript rather then Python.

I have a dream that someday JS will be the only language on the server and the client.

I hope Google implements Server JS in AppEngine next to Python and Java to give it the push it needs to completely take over the world.

No, I haven't tested any server JS flavor yet, I hope they are as easy as the client version.

  <b><% i=2; print ['sucks','dunno','roolz'][i]; %></b>

lovely!

I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with JavaScript, but I'm just curious as to why you want it to be the only language on the server and the client. What do you see as its advantages over (Python|Ruby|PHP|Java|etc.)? Why would you want to tie yourself to a single language when you could have your choice of languages?

Given that Rhino runs on top of the JVM, ServerJS is already available on AppEngine. Take a look here: http://dev.helma.org/ng/Running+Rhino+and+Helma+NG+on+Google...

Server side js is so 90s style idea. Extremely slow. Although I haven't tried joyents product....

Server side PHP is such a 90s style idea. Extremely slow.

To be completely honest, Server Side JS or ServerJS has been growing a huge following of interested parties doing some amazing things with JavaScript (Narwhal http://narwhaljs.org/ , ServerJS https://wiki.mozilla.org/ServerJS , NodeJS http://tinyclouds.org/node/ ). The sheer fact that you openly admit that you haven't even tried the product screams "troll" and the whole "extremely slow" without any base or founding is completely ridiculous. Maybe you should take a look at the product and movement before flaming it.

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