On Monday, 5 November 2018 at 02:51:19 UTC, Fred wrote:
hi,
my javascript skill is bad.
but i want to host some nodejs app
i am aware that there is converter to js like dtojs. but it is
out of date.
i'd like to give d a try. is there any other converter
available. a decent one.
Let me recommend https://bridge.net/
Transpiles C# to JavaScript. I use it at work as my main tool.
Feels very mature. IMO C# < D, but it still wipes the floor with
using JavaScript directly.
Minority of my JavaScript is also transpiled from D. If you do
the same, you will need a lot more determination and know-how
than normal, and you can't except to use all D features.
Multithearding and GC among other features are out.
You could use DScripten which will probably make D better in this
regard, but still not like normal. Personally I haven't still
tried DScripten because there is not much I could easily port to
D.
The reason for that is that D cannot call most js functions
directly, because it cannot handle most JavaScript types. Except
if you manage to translate Emscripten headers val.h and wire.h
(which are heavily templated c++) into D. I have put some effort
to that, but it's not going well.
Because of the reasoms above, I don't currently recommend D as a
JavaScript source for the average programmer. However, you will
most likely want to make some utility programs to assist you
-build scripts, mass file handling, translating configuration
file formats etc. There D works very well.
Also, as said, the server backend does not have to be JavaScript
- only the frontend. For backend, you can use D web frameworks
-vibe.d/hunt/diamond- instead.
