Yeah, why not Javascript?

"Why isn't JavaScript the most popular server-side scripting language? To which my reply is: yeah, why not?"

In one point, oriba san's comment is certainly right: "I can't seem to find one good information resource for javascript. it's scattered all over the web. javascript is a mess ."
That is true, which is why I believe so strongly that we should make tabula rasa and call the paradigm shift towards modern client/server-side Javascript by its original project name: Mocha! That way we will know what we get when we google for information resources.

"So my earlier prediction has become true: JavaScript is gaining popularity as an all-purpose development language. One thing's for sure: there are more and more JavaScript-based frameworks popping up for all levels of application development." Well, in the case of OpenMocha and Helma they might be "popping up" more, but they've been around and have evolved for several years. So, has Whitebeam. And Trimpath Junction isn't on the server-side (but could be, using Helma). All these server-side projects' roots go back to the 1998-2000 time frame. In retrospect I must say, neither me nor Hannes did a very good job at telling people that our projects were "server-side Javascript". 

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