This is Node.js

The talk I gave on UA Dev Club, 8-Jul-2014

Transcript

1. This is Node.js
2. ceo@likeastore.com http://beletsky.net http://twitter.com/alexbeletsky
3. "I was concerned about the ability to program advanced push features into the website like I had seen in Gmail" Ryan Dahl the creator of Node.js
4. V8 Google's open source JavaScript engine. V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.
5. LibUV High performance evented I/O Originally based on LibEV switch to LibUV with support of Windows
6. JavaScript Dynamic, prototype-based language Highly popular due to browser programming
7. http://jsconf.eu/2009/speakers.html
8. Why JavaScript? functions as first-class citizen
9. Why JavaScript? function as first-class citizen //closures..
10. JavaScript designed for event-oriented systems There was a natural fit V8 + LibEV + JavaScript
11. “Node.js is a platform for easily building scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven (single threaded), non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient…” http://nodejs.org
12. Non Blocking I/O The concept of accessing I/O without blocking of application
13. https://www.flickr.com/photos/papyrist/ Line to ATM is blocking I/O
14. Mac’s Drive is non-blocking I/O
16. execution started from first line.. Output:
17. async operation started… Output:
18. but execution goes on.. > ping Output:
19. after ~ms file is read… > ping > pong Output:
20. Event Driven Application flow is driven by events
21. http://misclassblog.com/interactive-web-development/node-js/
22. Single Threaded Single-thread programming concepts is more easy to understand. Applications running in single thread are lightweight and efficient
23. “Node.js is designed for building efficient networking applications”
24. Core components: ! • HTTP / HTTPS • TCP / UDP / Sockets • DNS • File System • Crypto / Arch • Events • Streams
25. Efficiency & Scalability Build-in server, high concurrency, horizontal scalability, clustering
26. NPM Node Package Manager - the richest collection of high quality open source modules
28. Thanks, @alexbeletsky