Reputation: 186552
I'm not looking for a definition of what it is, but I'm interested in knowing what types of applications people are ( or plan to ) use it for.
Upvotes: 4
Views: 1197
Reputation: 9964
https://github.com/ry/node/wiki lists different projects/apps using node.js.
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 6189
The latest one making the rounds is: http://projects.nuttnet.net/hummingbird/
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 186552
I've used an IRC bot on the Freenode network that was made with node.js, Protobot.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 18944
I think that one of the most common use cases is Comet (ajax long polling) applications. Node.JS is very good fit for those, because of its evented nature.
With comet technique you can create real time applications. Like chats etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(programming))
Upvotes: 2