Don’t expect JavaScript to topple Java from its throne just yet. There’s a lot of work to be done on both CommonJS and Node.js, and it would be accurate to describe both projects as experimental.

Java vs. JavaScript Wait, there is a huge difference between Java and JavaScript. Java is from Oracle while the latter JavaScript is from Netscape Inc.

Online payment service PayPal says swapping Java for node.js on its servers is allowing it to serve web pages more rapidly and simplifying the creation of server-side software.