Serverside Javascript - Hope and Opportunity (Introducing Starbucks JS Web Framework)

This document discusses the potential for server-side JavaScript frameworks and hosting, noting that while JavaScript is widely used for client-side development, there is currently no dominant server-side JavaScript framework analogous to what Rails did for Ruby. It suggests that if a solid virtualization environment for JavaScript were developed, it could become very successful, similar to BEA or JBoss. The agenda covers an introduction to server-side JavaScript concepts and potential frameworks, including one being proposed that would use JavaScript for the API, web server, application server and data storage.