[robomartin]

I probably have dozens of languages under my belt (not keeping count) so learning a new language isn't a problem. As they say: "'been there, 'done that".

In other words, I am not the kind that will stay away from a product just because the language is new to me or I don't have a ton of experience using it. In the end, if you've been around programming for a while there really aren't very many new concepts that one couldn't pick-up quickly enough.

The first time I had to implement a genetic solver in Objective-C I was new to the language. Sure, it took a little longer to optimize it, but I knew what I had to do and it was just a matter of fitting it to the language. No big deal. At least that's how I think, valid or not.

Good books are the key. I've had "Javascript: The Good Parts" on my list for a while. Pulling the trigger today. I did go through the Sitepoint books about a year ago.

In thinking about it it seems like the most sensible bit of advice is to let Meteor mature before jumping in. I think I am going to stick with the existing game-plan until then. There will be plenty of front-end Javascript/JQuery/Backbone to write. This should pave the way to considering Meteor later on.