Node.js is genuinely exciting
I'm excited about it. I've been attempting to blog, and using node.js as my subject matter. (Don't want to link-pimp as I need to enhance/edit, but you can check my profile if you're interested).<p>It's my opinion that JS is the new lingua franca of programming, and it's about time we replaced C/Java. It has consistent syntax, some great functional aspects, dynamic typing, and it's now become a top target for optimization by some of the world's smartest engineers.<p>Breaking into systems coding is the next step, IMO, in JS becoming a legitimate option for "anything" programming. I think node.js is going to be the library for it. It's really idiomatic and concise, and it's got just the right amount of opinionatedness I think to become the systems and JS version of Rails.