Support Forums: Message List - Advice from A JUG leader II - debate breakdown http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Sun, 26 May 2013 05:22:36 -0400 Advice from A JUG leader II - debate breakdown http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66635 Dave when I said JavaScript I was thinking in server (Node.js), in client JavaScript is here for a while and wil be here for many years to come (I learned JS many years ago).

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