How ExactTarget uses Node.js. Presented at Node on the Road sponsored by Joyent. Video can be seen at https://www.joyent.com/developers/videos/node-js-on-the-road-cincinnati-gary-borton-and-alex-vernacchia

1. Node at ExactTarget
Alex Vernacchia
Software Engineer
ExactTarget
@vernacchia
Gary Borton
Software Engineer
ExactTarget

2. Exact… Who?

4. It all started 18 months ago

5. ExactTarget Product Breakdown
ExactTarget Platform
● Audience Builder
● Automation Studio
● Distributed Sending
● Email
● Interaction Studio
● Marketing Cloud
● Mobile
○ MobileConnect
○ MobilePush
● Social Pages
NodeJS
● Active Audiences
● BrandBuilder
● Content Canvas
● CloudPages
● Enhanced Email Portfolio
● HubExchange
● Journey Builder
● Journey Maps
● Transaction Builder
● Etc.

6. Serves
How We Use Node
Backend API
.NET
Magic*
Backend UI (node)
CI/CD
Unit Tests
“Compilation”
Session Management
Security
Dependency Mgmt.
Cross Domain Proxy
Rest
Single Page Apps
* Frontend dev’s perspective.

7. Node allows us to...

8. Challenges

9. How do we fix this?

10. Demo… Maybe

11. Future of Node at ET

12. Thank You