Node/JavaScript cater to those who also know a bit of front end. Node has its uses for prototyping and quick projects, at least for me. I honestly spend about

Node/JavaScript cater to those who also know a bit of front end. Node has its uses for prototyping and quick projects, at least for me. I honestly spend about 1/3 of my time in the Java ecosystem -- it has its uses, I've done a lot of it (dev and operations), but I personally dislike the general weight of dealing with server side Java - app servers, etc. Language and ecosystem, for me, are dictated by the needs of the particular project. I said 1/3 Java above, the other 2/3 for me (right now) are C and Node... Across 4 projects.