the tools around using Node and JS are inferior to other languages (C/C++, Java, C#, even PHP and Python) You are comparing a language that is like 2 years old

the tools around using Node and JS are inferior to other languages (C/C++, Java, C#, even PHP and Python) You are comparing a language that is like 2 years old vs languages that are pushing 20 years old. the language doesn't have the cleanest history in terms of design It is certainly no worse than several of the languages you just listed. Personally, I will err towards the more mature when you are talking about scripting languages. Psssst, JavaScript is a year older than PHP.