Jeremy, if you want to experiment, you can have a look at my various
fastcgi experiments with node.js here:

https://github.com/billywhizz/node-fastcgi-parser

let me know if you run into any issues. has been a while since i
looked at it.

On Feb 17, 6:51 pm, Matt <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think it's basically free for the first year, as long as you don't need
> the other surrounding services.
>
> I could be wrong though. I don't pay those bills :)
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Jeremy Darling 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
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> > Honestly, I didn't realize there was a free EC2 instance.  Its been a few
> > years since I worked with EC2 but I do remember it was interesting.
>
> > I had asked (on another board) about some type of node playground and
> > basically met with the "you need a dedicated server or EC2 instance"
> > answer.  Not wanting to put out any fundage at this point I figured I'd
> > look into CGI hosting options instead.  I already have hosting for other
> > sites and it seemed like a fit.
>
> > I'll have to start some more googling around EC2 Micro and setting up
> > Node.  Any links to step by step articles would be greatly appreciated :)
>
> >  - Jeremy
>
> > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Matt <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Jeremy Darling <[email protected]
> >> > wrote:
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> >>> I realize the loss of async in the overall view and that it really isn't
> >>> ideal, but I'm just wanting to experiment a bit.  I also realize it would
> >>> be like running PHP in CGI mode, you loose a lot, but at least you can 
> >>> play
> >>> with the language a bit in a web environment :)
>
> >> But why not just get an EC2 micro instance (for free) and play how it's
> >> supposed to be used?
>
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