Java EE and Node.js Comparison

I was looking for a quick comparison of JavaEE and Node.js and came across a blog from StrongLoop that I thought did a good job of a quick comparison including an example for both.  

In their post, they showed how to create a REST based web service using Java EE. This service returned a list of beers from the fantastic Pabst Brewing Company. Then created the same application using StrongLoop LoopBack and Node. With very little code in Node, they created a REST web service that returns the name and description of our beers. In addition, the LoopBack API also provides default actions for the entire CRUD process.

The table below shows some of the comparisons discussed in the blog:

Feature	Java EE	Node.js
Great IDE support	Yes, multiple choices including Eclipse, Sublime and Idea	Yes, multiple choices including Visual Studio, Eclipse, Sublime
Dependency management	Maven	NPM
Enterprise ready	Yes, in use today	Yes, in use today
Large ecosystem of libraries	Yes	Yes
Requires JVM	Yes	No
Common frameworks	Spring, JEE	Express
Database support	Yes	Yes
ORM frameworks	Yes	Yes
Testing Frameworks	Yes	Yes

References:

https://strongloop.com/strongblog/node-js-java-getting-started/

http://blog.shinetech.com/2013/10/22/performance-comparison-between-node-js-and-java-ee/

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2883328/java/java-vs-nodejs-an-epic-battle-for-developer-mindshare.html