On the server side, we don't need to wait for WebAssembly to mature in order to work with Node.js and .NET together. There is already some convergence between programming on these two platforms and support for interoperability between them.
The next version of NET, called .NET Core, makes some major changes to the platform. Some of these changes might seem familiar if you've spent some time working with Node.js. This is not just a coincidence. Microsoft are incorporating good ideas that have worked in Node.js and elsewhere into their ecosystem.
.NET Core separates the programming platform from the IDE. Microsoft still recommends using Visual Studio, but have made it much easier to use other editors. For example, the OmniSharp project (http://www.omnisharp.net/) supports development in other editors, providing features such as Intellisense outside of Visual Studio.
One aspect of this change is simplifying the use...