Http2/Push Inside the Firewall (And Out) with Matt Fowle
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Presented by Matt Fowle a/k/a rektide de la fey (https://twitter.com/rektide)
HTTP is the well known transport-protocol that makes up the world wide web, but it also works extra-hard inside the firewall at many companies as a means to let services communicate with one another. With the recent ratification of HTTP2, RFC7540, this May, HTTP has gained a series of new features that make it even more attractive as the means to send data around, inside the firewall and out.
Thankfully, Node Wunderkind @indutny (https://github.com/indutny) has been working diligently to give us Node data-pushers a cutting edge, yet friendly and not-too-dissimilar means to use and enjoy this new persistently-connected rendition of HTTP2! We'll start out going through his node-spdy and spdy-transport projects to see how things get better when we change require('http') to require('spdy').
From there, we'll look at a sample "inside the firewall" application built as microservices, pushing data between the components over persistent TCP/HTTP2 connections using HTTP2/Push, one of the newest most radically different capabilities introduced in HTTP2.
It should be a very informative night for people of all levels. At the end, we'll also launch the application: a new social tool to help DC JS'ers stay in touch and sharing company more often.