I&#x27;m not a fan of Javascript at all, and I&#x27;ve been fairly anti-Node for a while.  That being said, I&#x27;m actually coming around for a couple of reasons:<p>1.)  Server side rendering with React is a solid use case; you get lower initial page latency and better search engine indexing with very little additional development effort.<p>2.) Typescript is actually pretty usable. The Javascript library&#x2F;build ecosystem is still pretty weak, so this doesn&#x27;t sell me, but it is enough to move from revulsion to tolerance.