Node could bring JavaScript to the Internet of things

With the availability of boards like Raspberry Pi and Npm-based communications modules, Node.js is becoming more of an option for developers building applications for the Internet of things, an industry executive stressed on Thursday.
Speaking at the Node Community Convention in San Francisco, Charlie Key, CEO of IoT PaaS platform provider Structure, made the case for the server-side JavaScript platform in IoT. He sees it as appropriate even if it currently offers too large a memory footprint f