why node.js makes me uncomfortable
I’ve always programmed with php for the web and during that time I’ve never needed to download packages (like npm) and update them. When I needed a specific function, like sending emails, uploading files or making my application drier, I just had to look at the documentation and implement it. But with node.js it doesn’t work like that, and that bothers me. If I’m wrong, please correct me

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  • MrGG@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    You’ve never had to do something outside of what is included in the PHP standard library? You’ve never used composer or included a third-party library?

    You must dedicate a lot of time to writing things from scratch, things that are already solved (almost certainly better than you or I can ever do ourselves) and can be utilised by using a third-party library / module / package etc.

    Node does take things to the extreme sometimes, but often packages are saving you hundred or thousands of hours a year, so you can focus on overall logic rather than creating an already existing tool for sending high-volume templated email, for example.