Javascript is ubiquitous. Node.js tries to be the next PHP but it just can't. This talk talk about an experiment that freaked out many people: node-php. During the talk, the speaker goes over what "node-php" is and more importantly how is that possible or why would anyone do this. Towards the end, he shows how the two technologies can be coopetitors rather than competitors. Example Code for Node.js WebSockets and NodePHP: https://github.com/davidcoallier/jsconfeu-2011 Less