And while Node.js is still early in its adoption lifecycle, JavaScript’s transition from the browser to the server is sure to accelerate. After all, its prospects are impressive.

Node.js gives JavaScript coders an on-ramp to the server side, with easy access to tons of open source code packages. Here are six high points of Node.js.

Paving the way for more server-side use of JavaScript, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider Engine Yard has added the Node.js library to its collection of hosted Web application tools.

Node.js has been the delight of San Francisco hackers for the past couple years now, but startups and indie developers aren’t the only ones using JavaScript on the server side. At Node Summit ...