[kellros]

There's definitely a huge difference between supplementing your HTML with some JavaScript and writing a JavaScript application.

JavaScript as a server side language is a new playing field, with different trade-offs, obstacles and design. I built an API service last year using Koajs (alternative to express), Gulp (alternative to grunt) and a bunch of other things.

Recently I've been looking into isomorphic JavaScript single page applications and have been learning a bunch of new things, such as webpack, yahoo isomorphic flux stack (fluxible, routr etc.) and application structuring.

You'll be surprised by how little you really know about JavaScript as a programming language till you start with server side and SPA development. I'd suggest you start off with building a traditional web application in Node.js (with gulp) before attempting SPA development. Also take a look at React and Babel.

[ofcapl_]

thank You for the answer.