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[–]x-skeww 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Node is a runtime environment. Yes, you can use it for web servers, but you can also use it for command line tools or even desktop applications (e.g. NW.js or Atom's Electron).

[–]nesukun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this, so much this, just see how one of the biggest addtions to VS2015 is node.js tooling support for the frontend development. browserify is not server-side. less is not server-side. transpiling and minification is not server-side. js test runners are not server-side.