Regardless of the popularity of Javascript on the server-side, if you're writing a web-based application, then your architecture will benefit from: 1. Shared c

Regardless of the popularity of Javascript on the server-side, if you're writing a web-based application, then your architecture will benefit from: 1. Shared code between client and server. 2. Specialization in one language. V8 and Node are at least a very good combination for server-side Javascript. Re: "is it absolutely not suitable for production use?" Node in alpha state is already more production ready than many "production ready" tools.