Node on desktop is still in early stage, there are some projects but node shines on server side, not only for web/http (mega simple), but also any other applica

Node on desktop is still in early stage, there are some projects but node shines on server side, not only for web/http (mega simple), but also any other application protocols or lower. It's not hard to make socket and do whatever you want + async = win. On the other hand it's javascript, so :-)