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Re:Scala vs. Node.js as a RESTful back end server (2015) by rubyn00bie on Saturday April 23, 2016 @09:28PM (#11558188)
Or... you could just use stuff already built into the JVM. I'd much rather escape from JavaScript (or node) than the JVM...

http://www.scalafx.org/

Re:Scala vs. Node.js as a RESTful back end server (2015) by raquo on Sunday April 24, 2016 @12:44AM (#11558579)
The reason I'm going with Scala.JS is to have UI code shared by web, mobile and desktop platforms. ScalaFX needs JVM for UI code, so it can only run on desktop and possibly Android.