Node.js

Node.js (http://nodejs.org/) is a system for building network services with Google's JavaScript VM, V8. In this talk Ryan Dahl will introduce Node and give a few examples of usage. Ryan will talk about the recent release v0.4.0 and how to use some of the new APIs.

Ryan Dahl
Ryan (twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/ryah) | github (https://github.com/ry)) is the creator of Node.js. Ryan is an American freelance programmer living in of Germany. His work invariably involves interruptible parsers, event loops, and response time histograms.

Agenda:
6:30 - 7:00 : Doors open, food & socializing sponsored by CBS Interactive/GameSpot.com
7:00 - 7:10 : Announcements
7:15 - 8:00(ish) : Presentation by Ryan Dahl
8:00 - 8:30 : Questions
8:30 - 10:00 : Open discussion
10:00 - ??? : Beers somewhere?