diff --git a/lib/nodejs/examples/Makefile b/lib/nodejs/examples/Makefile
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+ALL:	
+	../../../compiler/cpp/thrift --gen js:node user.thrift
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/examples/README.md b/lib/nodejs/examples/README.md
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+# Running the user example
+
+#Generate the bindings:
+../../../compiler/cpp/thrift --gen js:node user.thrift
+
+#To run the user example, first start up the server in one terminal:
+NODE_PATH=../lib:../lib/thrift node server.js
+
+#Now run the client:
+NODE_PATH=../lib:../lib/thrift node client.js
+
+
+    
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/examples/client.js b/lib/nodejs/examples/client.js
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+var thrift = require('thrift');
+
+var UserStorage = require('./gen-nodejs/UserStorage.js'),
+    ttypes = require('./gen-nodejs/user_types');
+
+var connection = thrift.createConnection('localhost', 9090),
+    client = thrift.createClient(UserStorage, connection);
+
+var user = new ttypes.UserProfile({uid: 1,
+                                   name: "Mark Slee",
+                                   blurb: "I'll find something to put here."});
+
+connection.on('error', function(err) {
+  console.error(err);
+});
+
+client.store(user, function(err, response) {
+  if (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+  } else {
+    console.log("client stored:", user.uid);
+    client.retrieve(user.uid, function(err, responseUser) {
+      if (err) {
+        console.error(err);
+      } else {
+        console.log("client retrieved:", responseUser.uid);
+        connection.end();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/examples/server.js b/lib/nodejs/examples/server.js
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+var thrift = require('thrift');
+
+var UserStorage = require('./gen-nodejs/UserStorage.js'),
+    ttypes = require('./gen-nodejs/user_types');
+
+var users = {};
+
+var server = thrift.createServer(UserStorage, {
+  store: function(user, success) {
+    console.log("server stored:", user.uid);
+    users[user.uid] = user;
+    success();
+  },
+
+  retrieve: function(uid, success) {
+    console.log("server retrieved:", uid);
+    success(users[uid]);
+  },
+});
+
+server.listen(9090);
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/examples/user.thrift b/lib/nodejs/examples/user.thrift
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+ 
+struct UserProfile {
+  1: i32 uid,
+  2: string name,
+  3: string blurb
+}
+
+service UserStorage {
+  void store(1: UserProfile user),
+  UserProfile retrieve(1: i32 uid)
+}