A tale on building stable node.js services with a focus on performance. We will discuss what we learned over the years running node in production, and what tools and processes we use to help customers with large production node.js services find bottlenecks in their applications..

1. Production Ready Node

2. Alice in Noderland

3. The Curious Case of Nodej(s)amin Button

4. $ whoami
{ username: ‘@dscape’,
past: ‘nodejitsu.com’,
present: ‘yld.io’,
much_excite: ‘open source’,
dreams_in: JSON,
node_modules: Number.MAX_VALUE
}

5. $ whoami
{ username: ‘@dscape’,
past: ‘nodejitsu.com’,
present: ‘yld.io’,
much_excite: ‘open source’,
dreams_in: JSON,
node_modules: ~40
}

6. $ watiznode4
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< node is more than just rest apis >
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7. How is node being used?
Enterprise Startups and Hackers
• (micro) Services
• REST APIs
• Message Queues
• Fullstack Web Applications
• Mobile
• Enterprise Software
• Internet of Things
• Desktop Clients
• Command Line Interfaces
• Teaching
• WebRTC
• ROBOTS!
• Bitcoin
• Torrents
• Databases

8. INTRODUCTION
SUCH NODE. MUCH WOW

9. INTRODUCTION
USE CASES
Buy all that stuff you
want directly from
your phone. Node got
you covered.
Find where to go on your
awesome vacation with
proxies powered by the
Nodes.
Control your heating from
your mobile using the
awesome power of the
Node.js force

10. INTRODUCTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Frameworks
• Structure
• Setup
• Testing & Coverage
• Useful tools
• Pre-production checklist
• Running in production

11. FRAMEWORK
WHAT TO CHOOSE

12. Structure

13. STRUCTURE
MODULE

14. STRUCTURE
COMMAND LINE TOOL

15. STRUCTURE
WEB APP

16. STRUCTURE
REST API

17. “Does it matter?”

18. Setup

19. SETUP
CONFIGURATION FILES

20. SETUP
CONFIGURATION FILES, TO AVOID

21. SETUP
JSHINT

22. SETUP
CODE STYLE

23. SETUP
PRE COMMIT HOOKS

24. SETUP
PRE COMMIT HOOKS (2)

25. SETUP
BADGER BADGER BADGER MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

26. Testing

27. TESTING
NODE ERROR HANDLING

28. TESTING
COVERAGE CONTRACT

29. TESTING
PERFORMANCE

30. TESTING
PERFORMANCE (2)

31. TESTING
PERFORMANCE

32. Pre-production checklist

33. $ shipit
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< nodejs production checklist >
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34. PRE-PRODUCTION CHECKLIST
OUTDATES MODULES

35. PRE-PRODUCTION CHECKLIST
SECURITY SANITY CHECK

36. PRE-PRODUCTION CHECKLIST
FREEZE YOUR DEPENDENCIES

37. Useful tools

38. USEFUL TOOLS
JSONTOOL

39. USEFUL TOOLS
ND

40. USEFUL TOOLS
GHCOPY

41. USEFUL TOOLS
NODE DEBUG

42. Running in Production

43. RUNNING IN
PRODUCTION
• pm2 vs forever vs mon
• cluster vs mongroup
• docker vs jenkins + chef vs PaaS
• Managing the life cycle of applications

44. RUNNING IN
PRODUCTION

45. RUNNING IN
PRODUCTION
• pm2 vs forever vs mon
• cluster vs mongroup
• docker vs jenkins + chef vs PaaS
• Managing the life cycle of applications

46. @DSCAPE
THANK YOU