> 1 - Javascript is not fundamentally easier to code in than Java. I wouldn't make that statement with Ruby for example, but I've done lots of all 3. A lot of

> 1 - Javascript is not fundamentally easier to code in than Java. I wouldn't make that statement with Ruby for example, but I've done lots of all 3. A lot of people coming from front-end development on the web prefer JavaScript over Java. Personally, to me (and probably a lot of people who are actually working on serious projects on node) - node fits beautifully in certain contexts. For e.g. socket based streaming is ridiculously easy using socket.io. Callback based programming is not fun - but once you get used to the syntax, it's not unbearable either.