diff --git a/example/js/app.js b/example/js/app.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ddd16ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/js/app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+server = require("./server")
+wire = require("./wire")
+util = require("util")
+
+function CounterApp(){
+	this.hashCount = 0;
+	this.txCount = 0;
+	this.commitCount = 0;
+};
+
+CounterApp.prototype.open = function(){
+	return new CounterAppContext(this);
+}
+
+function CounterAppContext(app) {
+	this.hashCount = app.hashCount;
+	this.txCount = app.txCount;
+	this.commitCount = app.commitCount;
+	this.serial = false;
+}
+
+CounterAppContext.prototype.echo = function(msg){
+	return {"response": msg, "ret_code":0}
+}
+
+CounterAppContext.prototype.info = function(){
+	return {"response": [util.format("hash, tx, commit counts: %d, %d, %d", this.hashCount, this.txCount, this.commitCount)]}
+}
+
+CounterAppContext.prototype.set_option = function(key, value){
+	if (key == "serial" && value == "on"){
+		this.serial = true;
+	}
+	return {"ret_code":0}
+}
+
+CounterAppContext.prototype.append_tx = function(txBytes){
+	if (this.serial) {
+		txByteArray = txBytes
+		if (txByte.length >= 2 && txBytes.slice(0, 2) == "0x") {
+			txByteArray = wire.hex2bytes(txBytes.slice(2));
+		}	
+		r = new wire.BytesReader(txByteArray)
+		txValue = decode_big_endian(r, txBytes.length)
+		if (txValue != this.txcount){
+			return {"ret_code":1}
+		}
+	}
+	this.txCount += 1;
+	return {"ret_code":0} // TODO: return events
+}
+
+CounterAppContext.prototype.get_hash = function(){
+	this.hashCount += 1;
+	if (this.txCount == 0){
+		return {"response": "", "ret_code":0}
+	}
+	h = wire.encode_big_endian(this.txCount, 8);
+	h = wire.reverse(h); // TODO
+	return {"response": h.toString(), "ret_code":0}
+}
+
+CounterAppContext.prototype.commit = function(){
+	this.commitCount += 1;
+	return {"ret_code":0}
+}
+
+CounterAppContext.prototype.rollback = function(){
+	return {"ret_code":0}
+}
+
+CounterAppContext.prototype.add_listener = function(){
+	return {"ret_code":0}
+}
+
+CounterAppContext.prototype.rm_listener = function(){
+	return {"ret_code":0}
+}
+
+CounterAppContext.prototype.event = function(){
+}
+
+console.log("Counter app in Javascript")
+
+var app = new CounterApp();
+var appServer = new server.AppServer(app);
+appServer.server.listen(46658)
diff --git a/example/js/msgs.js b/example/js/msgs.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8b90ecd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/js/msgs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+wire = require("./wire")
+
+module.exports = {
+	types : {
+		0x01 : "echo",
+		0x02 : "flush",
+		0x03 : "info",
+		0x04 : "set_option",
+		0x21 : "append_tx",
+		0x22 : "get_hash",
+		0x23 : "commit",
+		0x24 : "rollback",
+		0x25 : "add_listener",
+		0x26 : "rm_listener",
+	},
+
+	decoder : RequestDecoder,
+
+	buffer: BytesBuffer
+
+}
+
+function RequestDecoder(buf){
+	this.buf= buf
+}
+
+var decode_string = wire.decode_string
+
+// return nothing, one thing, or a list of things
+RequestDecoder.prototype.echo = function(){ return decode_string(this.buf) };
+RequestDecoder.prototype.flush = function(){};
+RequestDecoder.prototype.info = function(){};
+RequestDecoder.prototype.set_option = function(){ return [decode_string(this.buf), decode_string(this.buf)] };
+RequestDecoder.prototype.append_tx = function(){ return decode_string(this.buf)};
+RequestDecoder.prototype.get_hash = function(){ };
+RequestDecoder.prototype.commit = function(){ };
+RequestDecoder.prototype.rollback = function(){ };
+RequestDecoder.prototype.add_listener = function(){ }; // TODO
+RequestDecoder.prototype.rm_listener = function(){ }; // TODO
+
+// buffered reader with read(n) method
+function BytesBuffer(buf){
+	this.buf = buf
+}
+
+BytesBuffer.prototype.read = function(n){
+	b = this.buf.slice(0, n)
+	this.buf = this.buf.slice(n)
+	return b
+};
+
+BytesBuffer.prototype.write = function(buf){
+	this.buf = Buffer.concat([this.buf, buf]);
+};
+
+
+BytesBuffer.prototype.size = function(){
+	return this.buf.length
+}
+
+BytesBuffer.prototype.peek = function(){
+	return this.buf[0]
+}
+
diff --git a/example/js/server.js b/example/js/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57af143e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/js/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+
+// Load the TCP Library
+net = require('net');
+msg = require('./msgs');
+wire = require("./wire")
+
+// Takes an application and handles tmsp connection
+// which invoke methods on the app
+function AppServer(app){
+	// set the app for the socket handler
+	this.app = app;
+
+	// create a server by providing callback for 
+	// accepting new connection and callbacks for 
+	// connection events ('data', 'end', etc.)
+	this.createServer()
+}
+
+module.exports = { AppServer: AppServer };
+
+AppServer.prototype.createServer = function(){
+	app = this.app
+	conns = {} // map sockets to their state
+
+	// define the socket handler
+	this.server = net.createServer(function(socket){
+		  socket.name = socket.remoteAddress + ":" + socket.remotePort 
+		  console.log("new connection from", socket.name)
+
+		  appCtx = app.open()
+
+		  var conn = { 
+			  recBuf: new msg.buffer(new Buffer(0)),
+			  resBuf: new msg.buffer(new Buffer(0)),
+			  msgLength: 0,
+			  inProgress: false
+		  }
+		  conns[socket] = conn
+
+		  // Handle tmsp requests.
+		  socket.on('data', function (data) {
+
+		      if (data.length == 0){
+		      	// TODO err
+		      	console.log("empty data!")
+		      	return
+		      }
+		      conn = conns[socket]
+
+		      // we received data. append it
+		      conn.recBuf.write(data)
+
+		      while ( conn.recBuf.size() > 0 ){
+
+			if (conn.msgLength == 0){
+				ll = conn.recBuf.peek();
+				if (conn.recBuf.size() < 1 + ll){
+					// don't have enough bytes to read length yet
+					return
+				}
+				conn.msgLength = wire.decode_varint(conn.recBuf)
+			}
+
+			if (conn.recBuf.size() < conn.msgLength) {
+				// don't have enough to decode the message
+				return
+			}
+
+			// now we can decode
+			typeByte = conn.recBuf.read(1);
+			resTypeByte = typeByte[0] + 0x10 
+			reqType = msg.types[typeByte[0]];
+
+			if (reqType == "flush"){
+				// msgs are length prefixed
+				conn.resBuf.write(wire.encode(1));
+				conn.resBuf.write(new Buffer([resTypeByte]))
+				n = socket.write(conn.resBuf.buf);
+				conn.msgLength = 0;
+				conn.resBuf = new msg.buffer(new Buffer(0));
+				return
+			}
+
+			// decode args
+			decoder = new msg.decoder(conn.recBuf);
+			args = decoder[reqType]();
+
+			// done decoding
+			conn.msgLength = 0
+
+			// NOTE: this throws of the "this"'s in app.js
+			//reqFunc = appCtx[reqType]; 
+			var res = function(){
+				if (args == null){
+					return appCtx[reqType]();
+				} else if (Array.isArray(args)){
+					return appCtx[reqType].apply(this, args);
+				} else {
+					return appCtx[reqType](args)
+				}
+			}()
+
+
+			var retCode = res["ret_code"]
+			var res = res["response"]
+
+			if (retCode != null && retCode != 0){
+				console.log("non-zero ret code", retCode)
+			}
+
+
+			if (reqType == "echo" || reqType == "info"){
+				enc = Buffer.concat([new Buffer([resTypeByte]), wire.encode(res)]);
+				// length prefixed
+				conn.resBuf.write(wire.encode(enc.length));
+				conn.resBuf.write(enc);
+			} else {
+				enc = Buffer.concat([new Buffer([resTypeByte]), wire.encode(retCode), wire.encode(res)]);
+				conn.resBuf.write(wire.encode(enc.length));
+				conn.resBuf.write(enc);
+			}
+		    }
+		  });
+
+		  socket.on('end', function () {
+		    console.log("connection ended")
+		  });
+		})
+}
+
diff --git a/example/js/wire.js b/example/js/wire.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87cc9234e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/js/wire.js
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+math = require("math")
+
+module.exports = {
+	decode_string: decode_string,
+	decode_varint: decode_varint,
+	encode_big_endian: encode_big_endian,
+	encode: encode,
+	reverse: reverse,
+}
+
+function reverse(buf){
+	for (var i = 0; i < buf.length/2; i++){
+		a = buf[i];
+		b = buf[buf.length-1 - i];
+		buf[i] = b;
+		buf[buf.length-1 - i] = a;
+	}
+	return buf
+}
+
+function uvarint_size(i){
+	if (i == 0){
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	for(var j = 1; j < 9; j++) {
+		if ( i < 1<<j*8 ) {
+			return j
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 8
+}
+
+function encode_big_endian(i, size){
+	if (size == 0){
+		return new Buffer(0);
+	}
+	b = encode_big_endian(math.floor(i/256), size-1);
+	return Buffer.concat([b, new Buffer([i%256])]);
+}
+
+function decode_big_endian(reader, size){
+	if (size == 0){ return 0 }
+	firstByte = reader.read(1)[0];
+	return firstByte*(math.pow(256, size-1)) + decode_big_endian(reader, size-1)
+}
+
+function encode_string(s){
+	size = encode_varint(s.length);
+	return Buffer.concat([size, new Buffer(s)])
+}
+
+function decode_string(reader){
+	length = decode_varint(reader);
+	return reader.read(length).toString()
+}
+
+function encode_varint(i){
+	var negate = false;
+	if (i < 0){
+		negate = true;
+		i = -i;
+	}
+	size = uvarint_size(i);
+	if (size == 0){
+		return new Buffer([0])
+	}
+
+	big_end = encode_big_endian(i, size);
+	if (negate){ size += 0xF0 }
+	var buf = new Buffer([1]);
+	return Buffer.concat([buf, big_end])
+}
+
+function decode_varint(reader){
+	size = reader.read(1)[0];
+	if (size == 0 ){
+		return 0
+	}
+	var negate = false;
+	if (size > 0xF0){ negate = true }
+	if (negate) { size = size - 0xF0 }
+	i = decode_big_endian(reader, size);
+	if (negate) { i = i * -1}
+	return i
+}
+
+function encode_list(l){
+	var l2 = l.map(encode);
+	var buf = new Buffer(encode_varint(l2.length));
+	return Buffer.concat([buf, Buffer.concat(l2)]);
+}
+
+function encode(b){
+	if (b == null){
+		return Buffer(0)
+	} else if (typeof b == "number"){
+		return encode_varint(b)
+	} else if (typeof b == "string"){
+		return encode_string(b)
+	} else if (Array.isArray(b)){
+		return encode_list(b)
+	} else{
+		console.log("UNSUPPORTED TYPE!", typeof b, b)
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/test.sh b/tests/test.sh
index 848d14cbc..9ee9be135 100644
--- a/tests/test.sh
+++ b/tests/test.sh
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ bash tests/test_counter.sh
 # test python counter
 cd example/python
 COUNTER_APP="python app.py" bash $ROOT/tests/test_counter.sh
+
+# test js counter
+cd ../js
+COUNTER_APP="node app.js" bash $ROOT/tests/test_counter.sh
diff --git a/tests/test_counter.sh b/tests/test_counter.sh
index 41909dde8..8bbd8d376 100644
--- a/tests/test_counter.sh
+++ b/tests/test_counter.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $COUNTER_APP &> /dev/null &
 PID=`echo $!`
 
 if [[ "$?" != 0 ]]; then
-	echo "Error running tmsp command"
+	echo "Error running tmsp app"
 	echo $OUTPUT
 	exit 1
 fi
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ append_tx abc
 STDIN`
 
 if [[ "$?" != 0 ]]; then
-	echo "Error running tmsp command"
+	echo "Error running tmsp batch command"
 	echo $OUTPUT
 	exit 1
 fi