Having moved on from Java to JavaScript on the server, I strongly disagree with the first point. I've had the pleasure of rewriting a webapp I had previously wr

Having moved on from Java to JavaScript on the server, I strongly disagree with the first point. I've had the pleasure of rewriting a webapp I had previously written in Java in JavaScript and found the latter to be much more compact and easier to maintain, largely due to JavaScript's dynamic nature. My only gripe with Node is the obsession with the asynchronous programming style and overly eager use of callbacks. However, there are workarounds, such as my Common Node library (http://olegp.github.com/common-node/ http://olegp.github.com/common-node/).