This morning I'll take a peak at two competing node.js hosting providers. Both Duostack and Nodester were straightforward to install and configure, if only other configurations were so easy. My first impression was that Duostack gets the slight edge due to supporting coffee-script out of the box, but Nodester get's the service award and mentioned that coffee-script support is coming soon.
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Duostack
- instant sign up
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npm install duostack
- add duostack to path
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duostack create appname
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git push duostack master
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Upon receiving a push of your app, the Duostack app compiler will look for a package.json file and install the listed dependencies into your app for deployment.
If the app compiler encounters an error installing dependencies, it will print a warning in the push output but still allow the app to boot.
(source)Nodester
- sign up for a coupon
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npm install nodester-cli -g
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nodester app create myapp
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nodester app init myapp
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nodester app create myapp
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nodester app info myapp
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git remote add nodester the_url_returned_by_our_api
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git push nodester master
have an existing app?
use npm modules?
nodester npm install myapp express socket.io etcnodester app start myapp
Nodester doesn't yet support coffee-script directly, but it can be hosted by translation to JavaScript.
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