Task 7.2

📌 Write a blog explaining the usecase of javascript in any of your favorite industries.

Case Study on Netflix

Netflix rapidly transformed itself from a movie rental business into one of the largest media companies in the world.

The company was originally founded as a local DVD subscription service in 1997. Today, Netflix has over 148 million subscribers across the globe and is the most popular video streaming service in the world.

In addition, the firm has also ventured into media production. Netflix has made several hundred original movies and television shows over the past five years. Series like House of Cards and Stranger Things have provided the company with much-needed credibility as a content creator.

So, when it came time for the company to redesign its online streaming platform in 2014, the development team turned to Node.js. By this time, the JavaScript library had already developed a reputation as a simple framework with wide applicability.

Previously, the company used Java for the server side and JavaScript for the front-end. The back-end was handled by a single large application running Groovy scripts. This forced developers to become fluent in two different programming languages. Node.js eliminated this problem.

By using the same JavaScript framework on the front-end and back-end, developers reduced their workload and increased the quality of the final web application. By utilizing separate APIs written in Node.js, Netflix was able to reduce its total development time and improve their application’s speed.

The company also saw an improved user experience as a result of faster loading times and intuitive movie previews. This is because Node.js uses an event loop and an asynchronous and non-blocking I/O to handle tens of thousands of request per second with ease. This reduced latency dramatically, a problem which had been throttling Netflix’s services prior to the switchover.

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