&gt;Why do you think it&#x27;s important that they implement import&#x2F;export?<p>For compatibility.  Everyone is moving toward ES6 modules, so if you write your app in CommonJS now, you&#x27;ll likely have to re-factor it into ES6 modules in the future.<p>Not a deal-breaker, but it&#x27;s certainly needed (and it sounds like Node devs are well aware of this).