Dan Jenkins gives a presentation on Node.js where he discusses what Node.js is, its key features like being single threaded, asynchronous and lightweight. He covers how to install Node.js and popular tools for working with Node like npm. Jenkins also discusses learning resources for Node.js and how it can be used to build various types of applications from CLI tools and web servers to hardware projects.

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About me
I’m Dan Jenkins
I’m primarily a Node.js developer
Been working with Node since 0.4
Founder of Nimble Ape Ltd
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Twitter @dan_jenkins
Web nimbleape.com

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Node.js
Server Side Javascript

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easily build fast, scalable network applications
event-driven
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lightweight and efficient
non-blocking I/O
perfect for data-intensive real-time applications
that run across distributed devices

5. Node.js® is a platform built on Chrome's
JavaScript runtime for easily building fast,
scalable network applications. Node.js uses
an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that
makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for
data-intensive real-time applications that
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run across distributed devices.

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Single Threaded

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Asynchronous

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Lightweight

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Customisable

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Non-blocking I/O

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Community Driven

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How To Get It

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www.nodejs.org

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Homebrew

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Nodesource | Chris Lea

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Awesome-ness

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Readability

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Both server side &
client side

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Some people run
same code client
side & server side
routes & templates

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Personally, it’s
just less context
switching

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npm

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95 169 Packages
94 996 Thursday (-173)
94 809 Wednesday (-360)
94 698 Tuesday (-471)

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Impressive

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Not really…
we build apps &
modules in
different ways

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It’s like comparing
apples and oranges

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Modularisation

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Small, reusable code
Small modules, greater power
However, with great power,
comes great responsibility

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Testability

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Mocha
Should
Chai
Sinon
Nock | Hock
Supertest
Istanbul
JSHint | JSCS

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Rapid

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Learning!

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Node School
nodeschool.io

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Node School
Events Worldwide!

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Workshop Modules
npm install -g learnyounode

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howtonode
howtonode.org

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nodebots
nodebots.io

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Community

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Node Weekly &
Javascript Weekly
javascriptweekly.com
nodeweekly.com
Peter Cooper Press | @peterc

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nodeup.com
@dshaw

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Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nodejs

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Stack Overflow
node.js tag

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IRC
irc.freenode.net
#nodejs

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nodesecurity.io

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Build
ANYTHING

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CLI Tools
Grunt
Gulp
Yo
Custom

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Webervers
express
restify
hapi
loopback

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Websockets
socket.io
engine.io

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Client Side Code
Browserify

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Atom-shell
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Native apps!

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Anyone can do hardware
development now

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Tessel
Arduino (spark core etc)
Johnny-five
Beagle Bone
Raspberry Pi
Xbox controllers / Playstation controllers
Ar Drones

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Thanks!
Questions?
Dan Jenkins
@dan_jenkins