> And really, there are only four classes of solutions. There might be a fifth solution: learn JavaScript. Its not actually that hard to be productive - I real

> And really, there are only four classes of solutions. There might be a fifth solution: learn JavaScript. Its not actually that hard to be productive - I realize mastery always takes time and effort, but its pretty quick to get started and be able to write some decent stuff. I don't primarily code in JS but I keep it near the top of my toolbox. I'm not up to date with the latest and greatest (which I'm sure it getting better and better) but even in 2011 when I had the opportunity to do some stuff with node, I was pretty satisfied with what the language provided. Some of the syntax was a little verbose, but I can type pretty fast so no sweat. I wouldn't be surprised if Crockford's jslint rules are not that relevant anymore... around 2008-2009 when I did more web stuff I used to make sure all my scripts could pass with `browser = true && global jQuery` (or whatever the format for the hint was), but even at that time much of that advice was starting to seem irrelevant.