Is it just me or does it seem like Node.js is taking off like wildfire?<p>I can't seem to wrap my head around it because there are alternatives that have been around longer and are more mature. Is it the excitement of building on top of Google's v8 engine, or the incredible ease of use (I've seen about 15 show HN: Node.js chat server in ____ lines of code), or what?<p>I'm not bashing node at all, I actually just started getting into it myself and I'm _really_ enjoying it. But within the past 6 months I feel like I can't go a day without hearing about it somewhere.
Dahl is the man. He is super direct, honest and funny in this interview I did with him a few months back: <a href="http://bostinnovation.com/2011/01/31/node-js-interview-4-questions-with-creator-ryan-dahl/" rel="nofollow">http://bostinnovation.com/2011/01/31/node-js-interview-4-que...</a>
To me the Node.JS articles are becoming like Erlang as been, something that gets submitted to the site over and over again. Let me know when there's an extensive of a library like Java or Python :D I do like the concept of JavaScript everywhere. For instance, the porting of Toxiclibs to Processing.js is simply astounding.
Node.js is especially interesting because it can be suited to a person like me (with a system administration background) to learn and use Javascript. Most system admins I know don't usually have a need or care to learn JS under the DOM, now that we can create network system utilities using JS with ease it is an attractive alternative to Python/Twisted for some of my projects.