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Opa 1.0 Released

Posted by timothy on from the just-like-the-kraken dept.

phy_si_kal writes "The open source Opa project just released its 1.0 version. Opa appeared last year and was discussed a few times. Throughout the year, Opa adopted a JavaScript-like syntax, gained support for MongoDB and now Node.js. Opa positions itself as the enterprise JavaScript framework due to the safety and security provided by its strong static typing system. Indeed, Opa checks the type safety of the application over the whole application, from client, to server, to database. Opa also provides many automation algorithms, such as the automated use of Node.js fibers at runtime, automated client/server and server/database dialog. The site of the project also announces a developer challenge."

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  1. Dreadful summary by benjfowler · · Score: 5, Informative

    So what does Opa actually do?

    I'm an enterprise Java developer, and even I had to read that three times to work out what it's meant for.

    1. Re:Dreadful summary by djdanlib · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, it celebrates new releases of Opa.

      That's about all I can figure out right now.

    2. Re:Dreadful summary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Opa watches TV and grumbles a lot. (Opa is German for Grandpa.)

    3. Re:Dreadful summary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It now uses MongoDB and node.js. You know what that means.

      Opa does web scale.

    4. Re:Dreadful summary by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

      Opa is the moblie version of Opera.

    5. Re:Dreadful summary by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It allows you to write the same bloated code but in a different langauge.

    6. Re:Dreadful summary by Razgorov+Prikazka · · Score: 4, Funny

      Like SAP, sanduhr anschau program (program that makes you watch an hour glass)

      --
      rm -rf --no-preserve-root / ...and let /dev/null sort them out...
    7. Re:Dreadful summary by styrotech · · Score: 4, Funny

      "web developer" is an oxymoron. you're a script kiddie, barely one step above writing DOS batch files.

      Not any more! Now with the new Dos on Dope framework you can be a web developer BY writing DOS batch files!

      http://secretgeek.net/dod_intro.asp

  2. slashdotted by iplayfast · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this meant that opa can't handle a simple slashdotting?!!