Sorry, it's "JoyEnt Smart Platform" not a "JoyEnt Smart Cloud".
On Jul 9, 10:08 am, Aurimas <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been investigating various Server-Side JavaScript platforms for > a while. Thought I will share the results... > Well, since AppJet is gone, we have left with three choices for Server- > Side JavaScript today: > > 1) Aptana Jaxer. It seems very cool [http://ejohn.org/blog/server-side- > javascript-with-jaxer/]. But you have to use Aptana Cloud, which is > very slow and expensive (see their support forum). Of course, because > it's open source, you can host it in on your own server. Or, if you > want a cloud, you can host it in on EC2. But it's lots of > configuration, and still may cost you more at the end. > > 2) JoyEnt Smart Cloud. JoyEnt Smart Platform is new and cool and says > that it's the future of cloud computing. It's open source. It holds a > great promise, which I am super enthusiastic about. But it would be > very hard, if not impossible, for JoyEnt to beat Google App Engine in > price and performance. It feels really slow compared to App Engine: > 200-400ms vs 20-40ms response time; 25 vs 13 hops in traceroute; 0 vs > 0-20% packet loss. > > 3) Google AppEngine with Rhino. Though it needs some configuration at > the beginning [http://dev.helma.org/ng/Running+Rhino+and+Helma+NG+on > +Google+App+Engine], but when you go through that, you get a pretty > decent server-side JavaScript platform. You get true cloud, Google > scalability and performance. You are free to start and get very > flexible pricing as you get bigger. > > Resume: I really wanted to stick with JoyEnt Smart Platform, and I was > skeptical about Server-Side JavaScript on Google App Engine at first. > But after playing with both of them for a while, I think that GAE may > be a lot better choice at the moment. If only someone could port > JoyEnt Smart Cloud or Jaxer to Google App Engine, it would make an > awesome platform for server-side javascript. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
