[emilsedgh]

Node.js's sole purpose was to lower the barrier to entry of server-side development.

async nature of nodejs, prototype based OO, callback hells and scope chain make JS harder than Ruby and Python, IMHO.

I dont think nodejs lowers the barrier. Or am I mistaken?

[gasping]

You're quite right. Node.js is more like a trap for inexperienced developers who probably won't even understand why Node.js is an awful tool when used to solve the wrong problem because they have no real experience (I believe Node.js is the wrong answer to the wrong problem in all but a very few exceptional circumstances).