Node.js and MongoDB Turn JavaScript into a Full-Stack Language | JavaScript for Line of Business Applications | Scoop.it
New software packages that apply JavaScript in unusual contexts are starting to allow the use of a single language at all project stages.

For all its warts and headaches, JavaScript has emerged as the lingua franca of the modern Web, arguably second in adoption only to HTML itself, which obviously is just a markup standard rather than a full-fledged programming language. It’s effectively impossible to launch a sophisticated Web project without making extensive use of JavaScript and AJAX dynamic loading.