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How mature is node.js? What are your opinions? [closed]

We want to offer a software as web application. (It will be some simple form of a SaaS). Because we are a bunch of computer science students we don't mind so much about the environment and language we ...
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Node.JS or Scala for mobile and web apps

I am coming from a php background with some python as well. I want to start working on a different language for both web and mobile development. I am also interested in real time apps dealing with ...
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Is there a good reason to avoid node.js for non-realtime web apps?

I've seen a lot of talk about how awesome Node.js is for realtime web apps -- things that need sockets, Comet, AJAX-heavy communications, and so forth. I know that its event-driven, asynchronous, ...
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How is Node.js different from other server-side frameworks?

I've noticed that Node.js has become very popular, and I've seen several instances of people doing small-scale projects in it. I've also looked at pros and cons lists to get an idea of what Node.js ...
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What does it mean for software, libraries, and languages to be asynchronous?

With popular software out today like Node.js, Celery, Twisted, and others boasting about being asynchronous, what does it mean? I've gone through the basic Node.js tutorials and written a few ...