Some advantages: - Yes, built-in async support is very important - Everyone has to write JS at some point anyways -- it helps to take advantage of what everyo

Some advantages: - Yes, built-in async support is very important - Everyone has to write JS at some point anyways -- it helps to take advantage of what everyone already knows - You can easily share code between the client and the server - There are tons of modules available on NPM already - The compile-to-JS languages are getting more practical every day, and you can integrate them with existing JS code If you consider time spent learning a platform compared to what you get out of it, Node.js is probably the best bang for your buck today.