[sktrdie]

The major thing that will influence the success of your Web startup is if you have fun making it.

So you need to choose a language that is fun using, that will let you prototype things quickly and that you feel comfortable with. This language for me is JavaScript and so far all the other alternatives have been just a pain to deal with. Node.js is just fun and simple as it should.

So if at the end you have a code-base that is not fun to work with, it will probably be hard for you to fix bugs and add features.

Stick with a language you love and it will influence the success of your startup.

[Sargis]

A little off-topic: Doesn't it bother you that with Node.js, a lot of the basic functionality needs to be coded (even with a framework like Express), while a framework like Django basically offers almost everything that you need? I really love the simplicity of Nodejs, but sometimes I just want to get things done instead of reading source code and trying to figure out how something works.

[hkr]

Thank you, and I agree!