JavaScript in the cloud

May 4, 2010 – 8:41 pm

The idea of running JavaScript on the server has been around for a while now (think Jaxer back in 2008), but it recently got a big boost with the featuring of Node.js at JSConf in November 2009. Node.js found immediate fame by demonstrating blinding performance as a web server, and by building on the hotly hyped V8 JavaScript engine Google bundled […]

By Jonathan Lister | Posted in javascript | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (9)

Notes on migrating an application from AppJet to Smart Platform

July 16, 2009 – 4:53 pm

I’ve been wingeing quite a lot recently about AppJet’s demise and the shoddy state of potential replacements, and got quite a nice response from Jim Pick at Joyent. I decided today to have a play with their new Smart Platform and had a go at porting one of my AppJet applications over to Smart. Here’s […]

By Jonathan Lister | Posted in javascript | Tags: , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Joyent Smart Platform – a replacement for AppJet?

July 6, 2009 – 4:45 pm

I’m totally two months behind with this news, but I noticed today that Joyent’s Smart Platform was Brian LeRoux‘s top pick at JSConf back in May. This, coupled with poking from Joyent-er Jim Pick and his response to the Ajaxian coverage of AppJet’s closure, encouraged me to sign up to the Smart Platform beta today. […]

By Jonathan Lister | Posted in web | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (5)
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.