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Most server side code is Java, quickly followed by PHP.

And of course next to JS, you have C#, Asp.Net, Ruby, Python, and Go.

I'd say that given that:

- a lot of people only know JS (like designers)

- JS has a monopoly on the front end and is the only language that can be used on the front and back

- JS has existed for as long as Java (C#, Ruby and Go are way younger)

- there are JS materials everywhere given the web popularity

- the web is the most popular plateform in the world

The fact, as a freelancer going from company to company, I see so little JS on the server compared to other languages tells a lot.



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