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I've wondered the same thing. My guess is that it's because node is still pretty new, whereas most other popular languages have been around for a while and the

• blohs 10y ago
  I wonder id its worth to learn all those cutting edge libraries now, because whatever code I write today maybe outdated next month and I'll have to learn yet another framework/library/syntax etc.
  • toast0 10y ago
    This is general advice, but use as few libraries as possible. If you learn the base language, the knowledge is portable to most frameworks, but learning a framework may not be. If you want your code to work in the future, you are ultimately responsible for your code and all of its dependencies. The less code, the better. (Although some libraries have earned a track record of dependability, projects and companies may be abandoned and you may need to pick up the slack)