Node.js is basically just server-side JavaScript. Its main draw is its "asynchronous by default" culture, which means that it's very easy to write concurrent ap

Node.js is basically just server-side JavaScript. Its main draw is its "asynchronous by default" culture, which means that it's very easy to write concurrent applications in Node. It's more involved that PHP, so as the OP said, PHP is probably better for simple sites with a few forms and Node better for realtime apps.