I'm happy to say that JavaScript isn't solely trapped in the browser - it's available for server-side stuff. Specifically, Node.js (nodejs.org)
I've written a book and am nearly finished with revision 2 on using Node (title: Node Web Development) ... Coming at the topic as a Java developer (had been in the Java SE team at Sun for over 10 years) .. JavaScript feels rather freeing. I agree about ignoring 'new' and other things, just focus on the useful parts. There's this debate over dynamic (loosely typed) languages and Java's strictness, and I used to write about this on my java.net blog defending Java, but now that I'm deep into JavaScript I get what they were saying. It does mean for a large project you have to take more care because the compiler isn't there to help you enforce the interface and method signatures. + David Herron http://nodejs.davidherron.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
