Go vs Java? Choose the right tool depending on your experience with either and the goal of your project. They're really different beasts. Go (2007) focuses on c

Go vs Java? Choose the right tool depending on your experience with either and the goal of your project. They're really different beasts. Go (2007) focuses on concurrency, is relatively young, and is compiled to machine code for native speed. Java (1995) is object-oriented, has thousands of libraries, and runs on JVM. For the same project you probably won't consider both of them at the same time. Backbone vs Angular? Backbone (without 10 other plugins) is just a small handful of prototypes so you will need to write huge parts of the actual application framework yourself (NIH syndrome). Not really comparable to a fullblown framework like Angular or Ember where you learn their workflow to take advantage of all the features and to save 'technical' time to write more 'business' logic. So again apples and oranges in this case until you mention Thorax and that kind.