Significance and role of Node.js in Web development

Posted by Pankaj Upadhyay on Programmers See other posts from Programmers or by Pankaj Upadhyay
Published on 2011-11-22T13:40:57Z Indexed on 2011/11/22 18:15 UTC
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I have read that Node.js is a server-side javascript enviroment. This has put few thought and tinkers in my mind.

Can we develop a complete data-drivent web application utilizing just JavaScript (along with node.js), HTML5 and CSS? Do we still need to use some server-side scripting language (e.g. C#, PHP)?

In case we still need to use other scripting languages, what is node.js worth for, or useful?

NOTE: Pardon with my knowledge about node.js.

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