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Are you meaning to refer to JavaScript rather than Node.js? I don't know of a way to use the Node.js runtime inside of a browser (the frontend), my feeling is that's pretty redundant.

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I took the comment to mean it's only useful for something like npm/webpack (dependency management and hot loading), which I strongly disagree with.

I think they mean using Node.js tools like yarn/NPM for compilers, linters, etc, as opposed to using it for a server.

yes it is, it's still essential for frontend devel, actually it's pretty much a must-have scenario.

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