First Look At Node.js With Microsoft Tools

• 6:30 PM
• Building 100
• Room 401
• Gwinnett Tech

Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.

Website: http://nodejs.org/

To many people it is quite surprising that Microsoft has shown interest in Node, and shocking that they are offering first class tools for working with it.

In this session we will take a high level look at Node, discuss why you might want to use it, and dive into Microsoft's tool set including Visual Studio, Azure Websites, and Azure Mobile Services.

The two groups most likely to benefit from this session are Microsoft developers who are curious about Node and Node developers who are curious about Microsoft tools.

Our speaker will be Jeff Ammons, GGMUG President and Senior Software Engineer for National Auto Research.