Within the last few years, I have moved to primarily building my backend code in Javascript using the Node stack. The main reason for this is because I prefer the tool chain that Node uses such as NPM. Node has also become the primary backend language where I work, and therefore all new projects that I have worked on have been built in Node.

Node has let me take my skills developed working with Javascript on the front end and general backend skills to build full-stack apps that can share code between the front and back ends.