I think it is brilliant. Client-side Javascript is the QBasic of this decade--it is the first language of a lot of (most?) self-taught programmers. It makes a

I think it is brilliant. Client-side Javascript is the QBasic of this decade--it is the first language of a lot of (most?) self-taught programmers. It makes a lot of sense to offer these people a place to expand into server-side software. And, Server-side Javascript is spiking in popularity and utility. I am working on a project in this space as well.