> > I'm curious on people's experiences with using Node.JS for sys-admin > scripts or non-Web glue stuff - i.e. the sorts of things you might use Perl > or Python for (e.g. log parsing, manipulating config files etc.) > > Is Node.JS suitable for these things? >
The main hurdle is node's asynchronous paradigm that doesn't exactly lend itself to script logic. E.g. running external commands and reuse their output isn't as easy as it should be. Most of the time there are npm packages to make life easier (for the moment) but on the long run you'd better learn to write your scripts in an async manner -- if you want to take that road. So far, I like the async scripts I've written in node, which I would have otherwise written in ruby. -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
