Fun Links 2013-04-05

25 Useful JavaScript Tools for Designers/Developer
http://graphicdesignjunction.com/2013/04/javascript-tools-for-designers-developers/
Consider this 25 links in 1. A list of nice looking JavaScript tools that people might find useful or interesting. I haven’t verified all of them as being “good” but at a glance, they all seem to scratch real itches.

Callbacks are imperative, promises are functional: Node’s biggest missed opportunity
http://blog.jcoglan.com/2013/03/30/callbacks-are-imperative-promises-are-functional-nodes-biggest-missed-opportunity/
Good comparison of promises vs. callbacks and how and why they are different.

Sails
https://github.com/balderdashy/sails
Fairly comprehensive MVC framework for node.js. Think Rails for JavaScript. I’m pretty excited about this. Has other nautically themes components as part of a larger ecosystem: rigging, Mast, Waterline, etc.

And while I’m at it, some news about one of the PaaS services I mentioned before. The dotCloud service is discontinuing their free Sandbox service (which is a bit unfortunate) but they are open sourcing their sandbox platform and giving it to the community. I suspect we will see not only new offerings of this service elsewhere (in addition to self-hosting options) but improvements to the platform as a whole. Read more here: http://blog.dotcloud.com/new-sandbox