We are setting up the world for massive worm attack through client side javascript. As the javascript becomes bigger and bigger on the client side the browsers must handle more and more complex javascript. This can only lead to security breeches and malware attacks. Especially from advertisement that wants to push through.
Interestingly we are back at square one: 1990's code that run software stored on a network server (Novell). Back to the end of thin clients and the birth of fat clients.
I would be interested if anyone from the listed companies can confirm the server side use of JavaScript. Client side of course it's used because the browser doesn't offer other real options. But server side use of JavaScript seems asinine, especially for large scale projects that need maintainability.
"Java still powers the backend of Netflix, but all the stuff that the user sees comes from Node."
"In addition to Node, Netflix is also using ReactJS in their stack."
Java backend and React frontend. What's the purpose of Nodejs in this scenario?
IMO JavaScript promotes bad coding practices due to dynamic typing.. Typescript helps, but at that point there are better languages for backend development.
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2 u/roznak 25 Aug 2017 22:16
We are setting up the world for massive worm attack through client side javascript. As the javascript becomes bigger and bigger on the client side the browsers must handle more and more complex javascript. This can only lead to security breeches and malware attacks. Especially from advertisement that wants to push through.
Interestingly we are back at square one: 1990's code that run software stored on a network server (Novell). Back to the end of thin clients and the birth of fat clients.
1 u/glugglug 25 Aug 2017 22:00
I would be interested if anyone from the listed companies can confirm the server side use of JavaScript. Client side of course it's used because the browser doesn't offer other real options. But server side use of JavaScript seems asinine, especially for large scale projects that need maintainability.
1 u/kevf4 29 Aug 2017 03:05
"Java still powers the backend of Netflix, but all the stuff that the user sees comes from Node." "In addition to Node, Netflix is also using ReactJS in their stack."
Java backend and React frontend. What's the purpose of Nodejs in this scenario? IMO JavaScript promotes bad coding practices due to dynamic typing.. Typescript helps, but at that point there are better languages for backend development.