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?

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