I'm not a fan of Javascript at all, and I've been fairly anti-Node for a while. That being said, I'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/build ecosystem is still pretty weak, so this doesn't sell me, but it is enough to move from revulsion to tolerance.