the future of node
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The Essence of Node
• JavaScript on the Server
• More than server-side JavaScript
• Fabulous framework
• Asynchronous programming
• Module-driven development
JavaScript on the Server
• Easy to learn
• Lets you unify your client/server logic
• Productivity
• Already in the Enterprise (Paypal, Netflix, Walmart)
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More than server-side JavaScript
• Web server
• Robot controller (tessel.io)
• Command line application
• Proxy server
• Music machine
• Desktop application tooling: NW.js
Desktop Application (torrent)
Desktop Application (editor)
Desktop Application (music)
Desktop Application (game)
Fabulous framework
• Express
• Restify (for building REST APIs, automatic DTrace support)
• Hapi (configuration-centric framework)
• Sails (fast production-ready)
• Meteor (realtime application)
Asynchronous Programming
• Alternative programmer mindset
• API focus on callbacks, events and streams
• Single-threaded!
Asynchronous Programming• Promises
• function* add() { }
• async await (ES7)
Module-driven development
• npm
• Simplicity
• Decoupled and reusable coding
The state of the registry
• 1400MM package downloads last month
• 150,000 packages in the registry
• `Node` is moving faster than `Node.js`
Module-driven development
• npm focused on module-driven development
• ES6 Modules
• Module-driven development for the browser
• Browser tools: Browserify
Module-driven development for the browser
bower install moment --save npm install moment --save
The Future of Node: Node.js + io.js?
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Fork of Node.js
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Node.js Foundation
Fork of Node.js
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Mapping the Future of Node
• Debugability
• Better streams
• ES6 and beyond
• Track stable V8 releases (StrongMode, SoundScript)
• Focus on async API
Summary
Question?
Thank you!!!