M A R T I A L C O D E R

This coming weekend – 21st May 2011 – 40 Square Software will be organizing a node.JS tech meetup. I’ll be giving a talk on JavaScript design patterns during the gathering – one of several talks that will be of interest to tech-enthusiasts! I carry mixed feelings – both excitement and anxiety – as it’s been a while since my last presentation, but I believe I’ll hold up

Anyways, open up your weekend for this event – it’s free and lunch is provided! Head on over to the official NodeHack website to find out more!

For those who don’t know what node.JS is, it’s essentially JavaScript for the server-side. An event-driven I/O framework written on top of the V8 – Google’s open source JavaScript engine, a beautiful construct in it’s own right – node.JS bridges the gap between client-side and server-side technologies.

It makes possible what wasn’t before – accessing the filesystem, standard I/O, and not having to worry about cross-browser compatibility are amongst some of the MANY benefits it has to offer! It’s also breathtakingly fast, being able to handle thousands of concurrent connections with minimal overhead! Best of all, its available on arguably the most popular (also the most misunderstood, as Crockford would say) programming language – JavaScript!

Tags: 40square, javascript, kl, node.js, ssjs

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