@gabek Well, I think you should be specific, it means that if you want _your server to be able to run your front end code_ it means you need to run javascript on your server.

I think thats something more fundamental and categorical, not something we can do anything about. node.js is simply the most popular way to run JS on the server.. its not the only one! Just like V8 is the most popular way to run js on the client, its not the only one.