Kotlin + Node.js? Anyone?
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viliusk
04/06/2017, 12:10 PMKotlin + Node.js? Anyone?
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nfrankel
04/06/2017, 1:54 PMnope
it seems that jetbrains is not super keen on javascript as the only target
documentation refers to maven or gradle
i’ve written an article on how to build an (more like a page) with only npm and grunt
it took me some time to get it right 🙂
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yole
04/06/2017, 3:22 PMmy personal opinion is that the main advantage of node.js is the ability to write JavaScript on the server, and if you're not writing JavaScript anyway, you might as well run your code under a proper runtime (JVM)
yole
04/06/2017, 3:23 PMwe have no plans to invest much in tooling for kotlin + node development
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aaronkorver
04/06/2017, 3:42 PMhttps://medium.com/@Miqubel/your-first-node-js-app-with-kotlin-30e07baa0bf7 came across my feed recently if you are interested @viliusk
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krtko
04/07/2017, 3:47 AMWhy wouldn’t you just use the JVM?
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nfrankel
04/07/2017, 5:04 AMwhy would he?
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krtko
04/07/2017, 7:12 AMuse the JVM over node?
krtko
04/07/2017, 7:13 AMI can not think of a reason why you would use Node over the JVM if your code base is in Kotlin
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