Wow, it's really nice to see an article that isn't a "my language/platform of choice is better than yours" rant. I'm especially surprised to see a Java developer embrace node.js so whole-heartedly.
This is great. Nice and concise. No zealotry, just sane practical experience. I'm going through exactly the same thing.. Longtime java dev, surprised and delighted by all the activity around node, seriously considering it for my next project. At least for prototyping it. Never imagined i would embrace end to end javascript! But it seems like a nice balance of productivity and robustness.. And the author is right to emphasize the importance of good frameworks. Too many of these new fangled language HN posts overemphasize language-level details and miss out on the critical role of good frameworks in making you productive. For whatever reason (javascript) the node community is super active in this respect.
He says: "There is no shortage of ORM librares for Node.js."<p>However, I personally don't find any production ready ORM. Especially when you consider what Django, or Rails or Hibernate can offer.<p>Having said that, Node and MongoDB really get along well.