Node.js Popularity Debate
The cluster centers on debates about Node.js's rise, popularity, viability as a server-side technology, and comparisons to alternatives like PHP, Rails, and Go, with mixed opinions on its future.
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Go more ubiquitous than Node.js? In your dreams.
Not for long. The js people have discovered Node.
JavaScript people go for Node.js - they have nothing to loose.
Node.JS will replace it. Not a fanatic Node user either.
How is the existence of NodeJS a bad thing?
NodeJS is a choice, not a compulsion like client side. Be sure to make that clear separation.
Node.js is more or less the new PHP so it makes sense.
Why did Node become so popular if this is the case?
what about node.js development?
Why would anyone go to Node.js? Serious question.