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A deprecated open source JavaScript web server

Aptana Jaxer is an open source Ajax web server for building rich web pages and applications.

It is no longer in development and has status .

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pros and cons of serverside javascript implementation?

I just started experimenting with Aptana Jaxer server side javascript engine for my next project. And i have few quesions about that By using server side JS, can we implement the whole web application without using any server side languages (like…
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Pros and cons with Jaxer

I realize that this question has been asked before, but it has been a month with no decent responses... I'm looking at Aptana's Jaxer and I find the concept to be very exciting. Here is a quick overview for those who are not familiar with it: Jaxer…
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Has anyone used Jaxer in production?

Has anyone used Jaxer in a production environment, I am curious as to how it holds up compared to something like php, ruby, etc. and if anyone knows of any pitfalls to using it that are well known.
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Execute javascript on IIS server

I have the following situation. A customer uses JavaScript with jQuery to create a complex website. We would like to use JavaScript and jQuery on the server (IIS) for the following reasons: Skills transfer - we would like to use JavaScript and…
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What's the deal with Jaxer?

Remember Aptana Jaxer? It plugs into Apache and allows using JavaScript on the server-side as an alternative to languages such as PHP. It comes with a consistens and slick API for filesystem access, database connectivity, socket communication and…
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Aptana and Jaxer

I have been looking for a server side javascript platform and seen references to Aptana Jaxer which looked ideal, but the Jaxer aspect appears not to be supported any more, is this correct? I have seen the Jaxer site and installed the standalone…
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Defining objects when using Jaxer

I've been playing with Jaxer and while the concept is very cool I cannot figure out how to define objects that are available on both the client and the server. None of the examples I can find define objects at all. I'd like to be able to define an…
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Is Jaxer a better solution than Node.Js

Since Jaxer has been around longer is it a better solution than Node.js if you are a developer like me who is new to programming with JavaScript on the server side?
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Is there a server-side dom engine suitable for crawling?

I found a project, jaxer which embeds Firefox's JavaScript engine on the server side, so it can parse HTML server-side very well. But, this project seems dead. It is really helpful for crawling web pages to parse HTML & extract data. Is there some…
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Jaxer and HTTP proxy requests

Thanks to everyone in advance. I'm using Jaxer.sandbox and making requests just fine. I'd like these requests to go through my http proxy (like squid for example). Here is the code I that is currently working for me. window.onload = function()…
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AJAX or a server side framework?

I am working with a friend on building a web site, in general this web site will be a custom web app along with a very custom social network type of thing.. Currently I have a mock-up site that uses simple PHP with AJAX and JSON and JQUERY and I…
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Replacement for Jaxer for parsing/crawling websites

I have an old tool an (ex-)colleague wrote a few years back with Jaxer, that I'd like to replace/rewrite. Jaxer is an (abandoned) server-side framework based on a headless Mozilla/Gecko-Browser allowing you to use JavaScript and the DOM…
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How do I debug server side code in Aptana Jaxer?

I'm trying to debug some server-side JavaScript code running in Aptana Jaxer and I'm not having any success. I haven't even been able to find any tutorials or posts about this issue. Does anyone know if it's possible and if so, what am I missing?
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I want to run remote javascript on my server

I've had a search and come up with Rhino and Jaxer is possible solutions, but wanted to put the queston out there anyway as I'm not sure they're quite what I'm after (especially if I have no control over the javascript, so I'm unable to add…
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Find out sandbox.open(url,null.....) execution time

I am using Jaxer.Sandbox.open(url,null,openOptions); method to fetch url contents. I want to find out time required to fetch url content. If this process took long time say more than 6 seconds, then custom error page should display.
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