[Cialug] What lang for writing a service?

[jim kraai]

So the question then becomes:  Which will be easier for you and other web
developers to maintain?

My opinion is that python is more maintainable over short and long time
scales.  Others are welcome to opine differently.


On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> I need to write a service and I can use either Python or Node.js. I'm
> picking these because: a) I know them well, and b) necessary libraries are
> readily available.
>
> Can you think of any pros and cons for choosing one or the other?
> (regarding Python, I *think* I can write the code to work equally well in
> Python 3.x and 2.x)
>
> My goal is for this tool I'm writing to be useful for other web developers
> to help manage their servers.
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