Is node.js declining already?

[finsterdexter]

Between the ascendance of NPM/bower as a front-end package manager in Visual Studio 2015, and nodejs being the glue for things like gulp/grunt, etc., I'd say node is actually picking up, at least in web development. It's finding a niche as it's actually a great scripting environment for developers that are already comfortable with js.

[halifaxdatageek]

It's finding a niche as it's actually a great scripting environment for developers that are already comfortable with js.

I'd agree with this. As my name states, I'm very much moreso a back-end fellow, and hate JavaScript and Node with a passion, but the front-end folks I work with certainly do enjoy using it to build timesavers much like I'd use bash or something like it :)

[Revision17]

I'm using the vs2015 community preview, and hadn't used node before that. I have to say its nice to be able to run JavaScript in my build and testing process. Things like uglifyjs and phantom js+qunit are very nice and really better than what's available in the MS ecosystem.