This document outlines Ashley Davis's presentation on microservices with Node.js. The presentation will be a three-part series on building, developing, and deploying microservices. Part 1 will cover building a basic microservice with Node.js. Key topics include what microservices and monoliths are, benefits of microservices like scalability and fault isolation, and Node.js being well-suited for microservices due to its network orientation. The basic needs of a microservice like communication and storage will also be discussed.