I think the reason JS gets so much attention is because it is probably the easiest language to get into, and a language web developers already (are required to) speak. Nearly every computer has a JavaScript runner and debugger built in -- the browser. Pick one of the many good syntax-highlighting editors and you are off to the races. Then it's a natural progression to exploit the required JS proficiency and use Node for the back-end.
This does not make JS a good language to actually use. But regardless it will continue to flourish as long as it maintains its monopoly as the only language browsers understand. And Node's fate is tied to JS.
For me the trade-offs are just not favorable for using node in back-end systems. Nor JS anywhere I don't have to.
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I think the reason JS gets so much attention is because it is probably the easiest language to get into, and a language web developers already (are required to) speak. Nearly every computer has a JavaScript runner and debugger built in -- the browser. Pick one of the many good syntax-highlighting editors and you are off to the races. Then it's a natural progression to exploit the required JS proficiency and use Node for the back-end.
This does not make JS a good language to actually use. But regardless it will continue to flourish as long as it maintains its monopoly as the only language browsers understand. And Node's fate is tied to JS.
For me the trade-offs are just not favorable for using node in back-end systems. Nor JS anywhere I don't have to.