SproNodgo
Yeah, I know that’s not a word but it works for this post…
I have been doing a lot of work lately creating a full stack with SproutCore, NodeJS, and mongo with a bit of WebSockets and redis and… and… well the list goes on but you get the idea right?
Basically the structure of a SproutCore (http://sproutcore.com) project lends it’s self to holding multiple apps. So you create a manger app or framework in my case, start building a tool box (one app per tool). Sprinkle those on top of NodeJS using Express/Connect (http://expressjs.com).. Grab NPM or seedJS and install Express, node-websocket-server, node-redis, and mongoose.
Next thing you know, you have a sweet set of day to day tools all dressed up in a SproutCore suit holding the “Ace” of spades and your day just got a bit brighter… :)
Well at least mine did… Keep watching b/c I’ll be open sourcing this tool box in the coming weeks..
CoffeeScript is fun…
I’ve been playing with coffee script a bit in a side project that I am working on and I have to say it makes me think of this:
CoffeeScript = [‘javascript’,’python’,’ruby’,’erlang’].join(‘+’);
Anyhow it also comes with cake which is like Make and Rake and it reads Cakefiles. The following example is a Cakefile with a task that builds .coffee source files into .js files, writing the output to the current dir.
Porting Resque to NodeJS
In my spare time I am attempting to port github’s Resque to nodeJS.
you can find the [In Progress] code here http://github.com/joshholt/Nodeq
