Learn about callbacks and streams(2).

Hey guys,

This month we will be stepping back from looking at modules and will be learning about core node functionality, callbacks and streams. These two topics are fundamental in becoming a node developer, understanding these two topics is essential in getting the most out of node's asynchronous nature.

For callbacks, we will be looking at how CommonJS (http://www.commonjs.org) defines the preferred way of composing callback based interfaces to your code, and the higher level idea of separating your interface from your implementation.

For streams we will look at the current 'streams2' (http://nodejs.org/api/stream.html) implementation that was added in node v0.10. We will explore common and not so common use cases that deal with the the file system and network I/O.

Look forward to seeing you there! We will be sure to send updates with location information when we get it nailed down.