I am really torn between two different stacks with which to build a large application. One the one hand there is this option:

- Node.js
    - express
    - coffee script
    - coffeekup
    - mongoose/mongodb
    or
    - presistencejs/mysql

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- Play Framework w/ Scala
  - Anorm w/ mysql
  - or mongodb

The node.js path is appealing to me because i can write all of the server side code, views and client side code in coffeescript, which i already know. If i go down this road i am still not 100% sure which db path i would take. mongoose makes storing data quick and easy, but the lack of true relationships might be more difficult to work with given the data model i have in mind (very SQLish).

The Play Framework path is also appealing because i know the framework well when using Java, but i don&#39;t know much about Scala, so there would be a hit to productivity as i work through learning that language. The Anorm database access layer is appealing because i can write the SQL by hand which i would prefer, and have the results mapped to objects automatically, which saves a lot of effort.

I keep leaning towards node.js, but i&#39;m not sold on the best db access layer to use. Anyone have any experience with any of this and can share some insight?

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