node.js user group BE1st meetup

(07 Nov 12; Floating Desk, Ghent)#njugbe

hi, i’m @stevenbeeckman

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Python

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HTML

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The Web

Back-end

Ruby

PHP

Python

Java

JavaScript

Front-end

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

node.js

“Node.js is a software system designed for writing highly scalable Internet applications, notably web servers.

Programs are written in JavaScript, using event-driven, asynchronous I/O to minimize overhead and maximize

scalability.” - Wikipedia

node.js

“Node.js is a software system designed for writing highly scalable Internet applications, notably web servers.

Programs are written in JavaScript, using event-driven, asynchronous I/O to minimize overhead and maximize

scalability.” - Wikipedia

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This doesn’t make you rich

Errors make you slowly rich

Communities make you rich

faster

BUT

communities make you a

better developer

better because

• Peter brought up “TDD with node.js”

• Dumitru suggested a meetup with a midwinter BBQ

• ...

craftsmanship

say what?

12factor.net

10 performance tips from LinkedIn mobile

awesome?Storify is looking for node.js devs

http://storify.com/jobs

happy to relocate to the Valley!

http://storify.com/storifydevhttp://dev.storify.com

let’s talk

frameworks?a.k.a. there’s life next to Express.js

hosting?a.k.a. there’s life next to Heroku & AWS

databases?technology & hosters

testing?mocha/should/cucumber/...

what have you built already?

Up next

testing & deploying node.js appson testing, CI and deploying

Wed 16 Jan 2013: Microsoft Belgium (Zaventem)

call for papers

http://slideshare.net/stevenbeeckman