Introduction to Node.js

Node.js is the hot topic du jour because it is a completely event-driven non-blocking I/O model. No thread synchronization needed, or massive memory needed because it only uses a single thread per CPU.

I'll be giving a presentation on how to set up Node.js on your development box, and install some basic tools. Next, I'll give a quick interactive demonstration on what event-driven non-blocking I/O means. Then I'll show some of the cool things that you can do with Node.js such as:

Build your own basic web server. Serve database-driven, dynamic content by writing JavaScript! Write and execute test cases for your JavaScript UI. And any other tasty bits I have time to write a demo for....