Now that we're in love with Node, let's return to the idea of the right tool for the task at hand. Node isn't a panacea for all the world's computing problems. In fact, it's specifically not designed to be a Swiss Army knife. It has its use and its place, but it doesn't try to be everything to everyone. The "do everything" nature of Java might be considered one of its weaknesses, in that while you can write Java code once and compile it for practically any architecture, there are limitations, considerations, and trade-offs that have been made to accommodate this. Node.js and JavaScript, in essence, try to stay in their own lanes.
So, what's the catch? We know that JavaScript is fast, powerful, effective, and understandable. Like any technology, there are always nuances, and one nuance of JavaScript and Node is this mantra that is in some Linux systems when you first log in as a superuser: "With great power comes great...
