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Comment by jbraithwaite | Hacker News Reader

So it begins:

    Why io.js instead of node.js? The latest versions of jsdom only work with io.js

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Have you tried jsdom-node? Its a node-compatible fork of jsdom. Be warned though that jsdom in general is deprecated, everyone is using dom.js now. (However it requires ES6.)

(kidding)

I had not seen node-jsdom. I see that it is forked from jsdom 3.x, which still works with node.js. Do windows users mind having to install the visual c++ compiler?

As a windows user, I avoid developing with node on windows machines, because building dependencies caused me trouble many times. pg, socket.io, bcrypt, jsdom, countless others.

If it's just the vc++ compiler, chances are node devs already have it installed anyway if they do in fact work on a windows machine.

Ok, this is just unbelievable. My original post was a complete fiction. I just made it up. I made up jsdom-node, I made up the fact that it was a node.js compatible fork, I made up dom.js, I made it all up as satire to poke fun at the javascript community. I thought these two replies about the C++ compiler were just continuing the joke. Honestly.

Imagine my shock to realize that the fake jsdom-node project I made up actually exists (in the form of node-jsdom) and actually exists for the reason I made up. What. The. Fuck.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-jsdom

Did you really expect a JS related framework to last more that 2 years?

jsdom isn't a framework

I actually don't mind javascript moving so 'fast'. But heck I'm not a professional developer but just a student who likes to play with cool stuff.

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