To develop the app, Spotify bet on Python for both backend services and machine learning. And in order to make the most of this programming language, they also combined it with the Django framework .
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Spotify uses a Java SE subscription which provides all Java SE licensing and supports(source). Java is very fast, well documented with over many active developer communities. They also use Java for Android.
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Spotify’s backend consists of many interdependent services, connected by own messaging protocol over ZeroMQ. Around 80% of these services are written in Python . The non-Python services are typically written in Java, although we do have a few using C or C++. Speed is a big focus for Spotify.20 Mar 2013
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Here are 9 global companies using Django:
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