Serial Data GUI

[jpnorair 340]

Not to mention that nodejs is nonblocking / event driven.

I assume what you are saying is: NodeJS creates lots of threads.

 

It's interesting to me, though, that people are so fluent in web page markup that it is the easiest path to making a GUI.  Don't take this as any sort of criticism, just a remark, because it is a trend despite the massive amount of streamlining that has happened to desktop software IDEs in recent years.

[yyrkoon 250]

It's just another way of doing something. If you're interrested in nodejs you should read about it. AFAIK however nodejs is dissimilar from other methods in that it only uses one thread per "server".

[jpnorair 340]

If you're interrested in nodejs you should read about it. 

I don't think I am now, because I don't do web.  In other words, the advantage of having the HTML/CSS frontend is not an advantage for me.  It is something more I would need to learn, and it is non-trivial.  But it seems like a very neat implementation of javascript for those who already have a web background.

 

Moreover, there are some examples of node.js implementations for embedded scripting.  The reason must be the event-driven aspect of it -- seems logical.  In any case, I don't think I will be implementing it.  Any sort of scripting implementation I do will be lower-level, simply because I don't think I work with systems heavy enough to support node.js in a meaningful way.

 

Moreover moreover, there is a project called Node Red.  I know some folks who work on it.  They make a big deal about it being Node.js, but I never understood why.  I suppose now that they make a big deal about it because, as a node.js application, it is easy to deploy to "cloud-based" or SaaS products.  However, I still look at it as a cumbersome solution, but that is another story.