This document discusses how JavaScript has become more popular than Java in recent years. It attributes JavaScript's rise to the proliferation of frameworks like Node.js that have made JavaScript easy to use and well-suited for web development. While Java is still widely used, its frameworks have not evolved as quickly to address modern needs like asynchronous programming. The document questions how Java can learn from JavaScript's success with frameworks.

1. What Java Can Learn from
JavaScript
10.20.2005
February 2013

2. First, a brief history of
the past two years
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3. Two Years Ago
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4. FOSDEM 2011
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5. One Year Ago
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6. FOSDEM 2012
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7. And FOSDEM 2013?
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8. Why JavaScript?
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9. Not jobs
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10. Mailing list traffic looks good
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11. In other words, Java’s
doing just fine
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12. What’s the concern?
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13. Well there’s this
Java vs JavaScript monthly commits: Ohloh
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14. And this
Java vs JavaScript monthly contributors: Ohloh
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15. And this
Java vs JavaScript monthly projects: Ohloh
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16. Point is: JavaScript’s
getting more popular
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17. Why?
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18. Besides the obvious
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19. EASY WINS
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20. Consider
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21. Just kidding
application/json!
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22. What do these have in
common?
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23. FRAMEWORKS
MATTER
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24. The RedMonk Top 5
1. JavaScript
2. Java
3. PHP
4. Python
5. Ruby
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25. The RedMonk Top 5
1. JavaScript (Node.js)
2. Java
3. PHP
4. Python (Django)
5. Ruby (Rails)
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26. Compare with
InfoQ: “Top 20 Web Frameworks for the JVM,” 10.9.12
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27. The Paradox of Choice
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28. FRAMEWORKS ARE
EVOLVING
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29. Embracing asynchronosity*
* Not a real word
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30. Going small
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31. QUESTIONS
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