JavaScript as a Server Language? Node.js

While eating dinner I ran across a Mashable article on Node.js:



O�Reilly Reveals Preview for Its First Book on Node.js



node.js is a web application development platform written in JavaScipt and runs on the Google V8 JavaScript engine. I don't understand it all, but from what I gather, it scales a lot better for large applications than traditional HTTP web servers. Here are some articles I found that provide more information.

• What is node.js?


• Understanding node.js


• Learning Server Side JavaScript with node.js


• node.js is Genuinely Exciting


• Databases for node.js

Very interesting stuff.