Node: Knowledge Smash & Grab

Remy has run sell out Node workshops for a couple of years now, and this workshop is a fully packed day of material and exercises to get you up and running quickly with all the fundamentals you need to create your Node backed application.

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"Today's workshop was excellent, it's got me really excited about JavaScript again."

- Matt Smith

"Get from dev zero to node hero with a workshop by Remy. More learning in two days than you thought you could take (and still remember it!)"

- Leigh Garland

What you'll learn

• Up and running in 5 minutes
• Getting past the basics: modules, static servers, application servers
• Adding real-time: websockets
• Workflow tools for running and debugging
• Datastores with Mongo & Mongoose
• Dependencies with npm
• Hands on advice for:
  • publishing to github
  • publishing to npm
  • configuring for development
  • deploying to servers

2 day option available

Day 1: An introduction to Node

• The basics: Async development, modules, requires, exports and scope
• Debugging techniques
• Building web servers: by hand, with Connect, with Express.js
• Repo control, deploying using npm and release tips

Day 2: Using HTML5 tech with Node

• Going real time: WebSockets and Socket.IO
• Building WebSockets from scratch and using Socket.IO
• Using WebSockets in the browser, with and without support
• Server sent events and long polling: building the server and clients

What you need for this workshop?

• Node installed (make sure it's a recent version)
• Ideally have git installed & a github account.
• A text editor (Sublime Text, TextMate, Coda, Textpad++, etc)
• A browser with latest technology baked in, like Google Chrome for instance