What is Node and Why does it Matter?
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My talk at the Amsterdam Node Meetup (meetup.com/amsnode): A brief introduction of Node.js and why I think it matters.
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- 2. What is Node and why does it matter? Sunday, April 1, 12
- 6. // Server-side Javascript Sunday, April 1, 12
- 7. V8 JavaScript Engine Sunday, April 1, 12
- 8. // Asynchronous Ruby Node.js Sunday, April 1, 12
- 9. // Asynchronous Ruby Node.js Sunday, April 1, 12
- 10. All operating system functionality can be accessed asynchronously Node is built for concurrency Node requires you to think event-driven and non-linear Sunday, April 1, 12
- 11. // Callback Nightmare Sunday, April 1, 12
- 12. Sunday, April 1, 12
- 13. // Seq() Sunday, April 1, 12
- 14. Sunday, April 1, 12
- 15. One language to rule them all (in theory) Learning node is all about becoming very skilled at JavaScript and event-driven programming Sunday, April 1, 12
- 16. Why Node Matters Sunday, April 1, 12
- 17. Sunday, April 1, 12
- 18. Scaling Rails Have a monsterous DB setup Cache the shit out of everything Making the servers more lightweight Sunday, April 1, 12
- 19. Reducing Server-side Complexity Smaller requests Ajax and JSON (very cachable!) More requests, we want real-time UI logic on the client Sunday, April 1, 12
- 20. Shift Happens Sunday, April 1, 12
- 21. Source: Synaptify.com Sunday, April 1, 12
- 22. Source: Synaptify.com Sunday, April 1, 12
- 23. Less Web, More App Sunday, April 1, 12
- 24. Sever-side becomes a true “App” Interface (aka API) UI flow belongs to the client Data over Documents Sunday, April 1, 12
- 25. More JSON Routing on the Client Templates move to the Client too Static pages matter less Sunday, April 1, 12
- 26. Separation between API/platform and UI/client becomes more vivid. Developing apps in a team becomes easier. Automated testing becomes a lot more managable, less client-server integration tests. Increased mashupability Node is perfect for this new “data hub” role of the server-side Sunday, April 1, 12
- 27. Node.js <3 HTML5 Sunday, April 1, 12
- 28. Increased Javascript capabilities in the browser are a big part of the Node mindset Sunday, April 1, 12
- 29. Amsterdam Node Meetup Load Balancing NoSQL API Design Caching Node.js Client-side MVC Activity Streams Client-side Routing Unit Testing HTML5 Cross-environment Javascript Module Loading Real-time Communication Browser Storage Sunday, April 1, 12
- 30. Thank you! jobs@bottlenose.com Sunday, April 1, 12