Node.js, Kool-aid and You / Falling in Love With Haskell

Node.js, Kool-aid, and You presented by Matt Case
Navigating and making sense of the explosion of node.js and related frameworks, libraries and plugins. The talk will cover:

The journey of javascript from DHTML toy to do-it-all language The advent of node.js and server-side programming javascript How the explosion of frameworks and libraries have altered how web developers deliver software today.

Falling in Love With Haskell presented by Anthony Coble
Functional programming is a topic becoming more relevant every day. Anthony Coble will be sharing his love of Haskell. The talk will cover:

benefits of functional languages a brief introduction to the haskell syntax, tools, and community demonstrating the power of pure, functional code