Node.js

• - A stand-alone JavaScript interpreter (doesn't need a browser).
• - Mainly used for server program (can be used as general programming language).

• Node.js / PHP

• - Created in 2009: Node.js - recent
• • Less common, but developing fast
• - Allows the use of the same language (JS) on client and server
• - Easy to develop general application (not focussed on HTML file generation)