We've been using both NodeJS and Rails for the last 4 months. Javascript is an amazing language, and coffee makes it even better. After writing a lot of Resque jobs today I have to say my Ruby-fu is not strong, and yet - NodeJS ecosystem is so so so so not mature enough for prime time.
The reason I wrote my jobs in Resque? Confidence. If shit will break - it will be on my side, not inside a package required by another package somewhere deep inside node_modules. I'm reading the source of almost every node package I use. I check all the issues on GitHub before trying to play with it.
While node core is stable, and everything is so damn fast (thanks Redis) and I enjoy every minute of developing with this stack, I find myself too many times inventing the wheel all over again - instead of focusing on my product.
The reason I wrote my jobs in Resque? Confidence. If shit will break - it will be on my side, not inside a package required by another package somewhere deep inside node_modules. I'm reading the source of almost every node package I use. I check all the issues on GitHub before trying to play with it.
While node core is stable, and everything is so damn fast (thanks Redis) and I enjoy every minute of developing with this stack, I find myself too many times inventing the wheel all over again - instead of focusing on my product.