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Move over, Java. Node.js is coming through.

Node.js advocates at a recent event at PayPal's Silicon Valley offices told how they are moving over to Node.js, the server-side version of JavaScript, at Java's expense. In this case, major Web properties PayPal and Netflix are cozying up to Node.js.

Netflix is looking to move its website UI from Java to Node.js. "We're hoping to migrate all of that as soon as we can," said Alex Liu, a Node.js developer on the Netflix Web site team.

Although his team has not pushed anything into production yet, the team has high hopes that Node.js can scale and serve up pages quicker. Developer productivity, however, is a key driver of the effort.

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