Node.js' sweet spot: A 2 years old dev's opinions on PHP, Ruby, Python and Node.js.

I fell in love with programming in 2005 when my sister bought me the book, C++ Programming in easy steps. However, it wasn't until about two (2) years ago that I decided to really learn programming (best decision ever). I still cannot believe I made it this far. Truly, newbie... everyone can code. It just takes persistence.

To be honest, the number of programming languages to chose from was quite overwhelming. C, C++, C#, Java, Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Objective-C... the list goes on. I settled on scripting languages because I wanted something light weight, and believe it or not at the time my computer was a netbook! Humble beginnings I must say.

However, before I can explain why I think Node.js/JavaScript hits the sweet spot let us take a look at other languages I have picked up on the way.