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JavaScript in general and the server-side Node.js runtime environment in particular are setting the stage for "the biggest shift in enterprise development in more than a decade," contends a report by Forrester Research.

Released this month, the report ("The Dawn of Enterprise JavaScript") sees back-end JavaScript emerging to overcome the weaknesses of Java and .Net, while Node.js "will change corporate technology just like Java before it."

Enterprises, in fact, generally have chosen between Java and .Net when building a platform to for customer-facing Web presence, but the demands of mobile "are fracturing this duopoly," the report said. JavaScript is addressing the scalability challenge, changing enterprise architectures and programming models, and Forrester advises becoming familiar with Node.js and investigating Amazon Lambda, for cloud applications, and similar platforms.

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