Node is an application runtime environment, not a framework. There are frameworks written on top of Node, such as ExpressJS.
http://www.javaworld.com/article/2079190/scripting-jvm-langu...
http://www.javaworld.com/article/2079190/scripting-jvm-langu...
> CrocodileJS is already lumped onto the 4/5ths heap of unusable frameworks
in this context, "framework" seems to refer to CrocodileJS, not Node.