Introduction to libuv: What's a Unicorn Velociraptor?

Colin Ihrig @cjihrig (https://twitter.com/cjihrig) from Joyent (as well as Node.js Technical Steering Committee member, libuv maintainer, and hapi.js core team member) will be joining us to talk about libuv.

libuv is what gives Node.js its event loop and cross-platform asynchronous I/O capabilities. This talk will touch on the following concepts:

• An introduction to libuv. This includes basics such as what libuv is, what it provides (APIs, event loop, etc.), and the team behind it.
• Event loop basics.
• Recent development efforts in the libuv project.
• How Node.js utilizes libuv. This includes tracing an operation from JavaScript down to C and back.

Schedule:

6:30-7:00 - Arrive, eat, drink, socialize

7:00 - Colin'sTalk

We'll have a great space courtesy of Social Tables (https://www.socialtables.com/), and Joyent (https://www.joyent.com/) will be bringing food and drink!!

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