Usages of Node.js - What obstacles is it aiming to provide a ramp for?

Question

I\'m trying to get my head around where Node fits in. It\'s niche, so to say... What obstacles is Node aiming to provide a ramp for?

I\'ve read through the examples

Answer 1

It's a good question! As you said, coding with Node is fast and simple. It's not the only fast and simple tool out there, though, so what makes it unique? I look forward to the other answers!

My contribution: one of the advatanges of using Node, is that you can write both your client-side and your server-side code in JavaScript. This gives you a margin of code reusability you wouldn't have otherwise.