I am interested in getting started with CommonJS. With JavaScript frameworks getting faster all the time, and parsing engines and compilers making JavaScript incredibly quick, it is surprising that a project such as CommonJS has not been initiated sooner. What steps are involved in getting a test project up and running with what has be...
JavaScript frameworks like Prototype, jQuery, YUI, MooTools, Dojo, et al. all seem to target client-side developers, with the focus on enabling common user interaction patterns to be implemented more efficiently and with less code. With the emergence of server-side JavaScript, do these frameworks intend to incorporate the CommonJS stand...
In Narwhal, we are using JNA to make libc calls like getcwd and chdir. I've only been able to use this with my limited knowledge of the JNA interface as it pertains to JavaScript in Rhino, dealing exclusively with primitives. I need to know how to allocate a char buffer so I can pass it to getcwd, retrieve a JavaScript String from that...
I'm reading this article and the section on the promise abstraction seems a little overly complicated to me. The following is given as an example: requestSomeData("http://example.com/foo") // returns a promise for the response .then(function(response){ // ‘then’ is used to provide a promise handler return JSON.parse(respons...
After reading http://www.pragprog.com/magazines/2010-03/javascript-its-not-just-for-browsers-any-more im wondering which is the best IDE to develop server-side javascript applications? I want a nice development environment with commonjs and node etc. Preferebly windows but anything is interesting really. Is there any IDE with some nifty...
I'm really interested in implementing Promises and related features in client-side Javascript. From what I've seen, the focus in implementing these technologies in Javascript seems to be on server-side javascript (SSJS) with Promises in CommonJS. Ideally for me, I would find a solution that works well with jQuery or Google Closure Librar...