Dan Jenkins gives a presentation on Node.js where he discusses what Node.js is, its key features like being single threaded, asynchronous and lightweight. He covers how to install Node.js and popular tools for working with Node like npm. Jenkins also discusses learning resources for Node.js and how it can be used to build various types of applications from CLI tools and web servers to hardware projects.
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About me
I’m Dan Jenkins
I’m primarily a Node.js developer
Been working with Node since 0.4
Founder of Nimble Ape Ltd
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Twitter @dan_jenkins
Web nimbleape.com
4. Taken from nodejs.org
easily build fast, scalable network applications
event-driven
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lightweight and efficient
non-blocking I/O
perfect for data-intensive real-time applications
that run across distributed devices
5. Node.js® is a platform built on Chrome's
JavaScript runtime for easily building fast,
scalable network applications. Node.js uses
an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that
makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for
data-intensive real-time applications that
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run across distributed devices.