A brief overview of Node.js, the history of the project, a few demos, and where node will be heading in the near future. Presentation demo code can be found here: https://github.com/andrewlively/Node.js-Presentation-Examples This was presented at TechOlympics 2016.

1. Exploring Node.js
Andrew Lively
Lead Developer, Information Technology Solutions Center

2. Overview
• Who is the ITSC?
• What is Node.js?
• History
• Current State
• Use: Web Applications/RESTful APIs
• Use: Desktop Applications
• Use: Command Line Tools
• Future of Node.js
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3. Who is the ITSC?
• School of Information
Technology at UC
• Staffed by
Students/Faculty/Staff
• Develop solutions for
wide range of clients

4. What is Node.js?
• Chrome’s V8 engine
• Event-driven
architecture
• Non-blocking I/O
• Core is C/C++

7. History
• 2009 - Created by Ryan Dahl
• 2010 - Sponsorship from Joyent
• 2011 - First public release & NPM
• 2014 - Node.js/io.js split
• 2015 - Creation of Node.js Foundation
• 2015 - Node v4.0 released

8. Current State
• Node.js Foundation/Linux
Foundation
• 23 Foundation Members
• Node - v4.2.6 / v.5.5.0
• NPM - v2.14.16 / v3.6.0

9. Who Uses Node.js?

10. Use: Web Applications/RESTful APIs
• Handle HTTP requests
• Render HTML
• Send files/data
• Websockets

11. Example

12. Demo
• Simple web application
• Simple RESTful API
• Simple chat application

13. Use: Desktop Applications
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Cross-platform
• Chromium

14. Example

15. Demo
• Simple word processor

16. Use: Command Line Tools
• Use JavaScript, not Bash
• Handle user input
• Manipulate files

17. Example

18. Demo
• learnyounode
• Cube

19. Future of Node.js
• ECMAScript 2015/2016 (ES6/ES7)
• Microsoft Chakra
• Internationalization

20. Questions?

21. Repositories
• Examples
• Electron
• Drawille

22. Sources
• Kunkle, Jeff. "Node.js Explained." Node.js Explained.
<http://www.slideshare.net/JeffKunkle/nodejs-explained>
• "Node.js Roadmap." Node Foundation
<https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/ROADMAP.md>
• San Souci, Benjamin, and Maude Lemair. “NodeJS." <http://mcgill-
csus.github.io/student_projects/NodeJSPresentation.pdf>