Comment by Renato Perini on "Which is the best backend technology for AngularJS projects?"

For serious backends, the ONLY worthwhile technology is Java EE / Spring. PHP can also be a good tech for projects with smaller requirements. All the rest are toys for kids / designers / frontend developers who claim to be "full stack" / pretend to understand backend development. JavaScript for the backend? The "backend" is something more than returning a string with a REST API. In the actual state, node.js can be used for toy backends / simple apps, nothing more. For backends in the tenth of thousands of lines of codes, JavaScript / Node is not an option.

Well. Thousands of developers at PayPal, LinkedIn, Walmart, Khan Academy will disagree with you. Every technology has its good parts and bad parts. "Java" is NOT the single best solution in the world right now. The world has moved on. Period.

Renato, that's an incredibly bold, pretentious and condescending statement. I've been in this industry 22 years and there is no single best holistic solution. You use what's right for the project. Also, in terms of protocol, the return from the backend is just a string of characters. Always has been. What it does behind the scene might be spectacular, but the communication between front and back is simple.

I love your answer guy :) I've spent some times in IT, and yes, there is not one recipe for all problem.

I agree with Renato.. But for me it's not about project size it's more about budget.. And Kudos for mentioning PHP. Version 7 is just amazing and with the right tools you can have a very high performance backend with a very low cost compared to Java.

And regarding Javascript, managing complex projects can be difficult with vanilla javascript but using Typescript makes everything solid and there is nothing I can't see myself do in javascript these days.

You know nothing about JavaScript and models, nodejs is not a f**g toy and not for kids like you. Lot of differences between java and nodejs. What about python, ruby on rails ? Nodejs is superfast and it is having same language if you are using angular js.

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