> LoopBack is a mobile backend framework that puts you in control. As a mobile developer you decide where to run your mobile backend - in the cloud or on permise.
> LoopBack is built on open source Node.js and leverages the power of Node and the community that stands behind Node.
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> LoopBack is here to help you develop mobile applications with rich functionality and data that is in your datacenter and the cloud.
> Since LoopBack is built on open source, it is highly extensible and familiar with developers already using Node.
> Node.js leverages Javascript. The ubiquituous language of the web that most developers have already had familiarity with it's ease of use.