Development Workshops

Node.js

“We enable anyone to meet and socialize with new people”

2011-11-03Nalin DeZoysaAlex Muresan

Agenda

High level intro to Node.js● What is it? How it works?

Tagged application of Node.js

● How to use Realtime for your app● High level architecture of Realtime

Live examples

● www.tagged.com● Node.js Search / Browse prototype page

What's coming up for Tagged using Node.js

● pub-sub system● presence

Node.jsWhat is it?

● single threaded, event-based programming model● I/O framework built on top of V8● Binds callbacks to events, instead of creating threads

Example:

Node.js makes it easy to:● create web services● web clients● open raw TCP sockets

Tagged and Node.jsRealtime use case:

● Push data to one specific target user. PHP:

Tagged Uses of Realtime● alerts● toasts● elections

Tagged and Node.js

Realtime system architecture:

Tagged and Node.js

Node.js Search / Browse

Tagged and Node.js

Node.js Search / Browse

Tagged and Node.js

Current Projects using Node.js

● �Pub-sub system

● Presence

● Deckadence

● Group Chat