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Andrew Nesbitt
November 10, 2012
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Integrating Node.js
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November 10, 2012
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Transcript
Integrating Node.js into an existing technology stack
Andrew Nesbitt github.com/andrew @teabass
forwardtechnology.co.uk
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Show of hands
Benefits of Node
Legacy Systems
Benefits of integration
Let’s do this!
1. Standalone Tools
Command line tools Asset minification Pixel Trackers Url shorteners Internal
tools Monitoring Chat bots Examples
Legacy App Internal tool Internal tool Internal tool Internal tool
Easy to setup Very little integration Little experience needed Pros
Extra dependencies Knowledge silos Cons
2. Shared databases
Connect directly existing database Read from a data warehouse Share
data with a key-value store Examples
Legacy App DB Node
Quick and dirty Adapters for almost every DB available Slow
databases not a problem Pros
Duplicating domain logic Race-conditions Your DBA will likely hate you
Cons
None
3. Using APIs
Use API from existing application Linkedin Mobile Github Downloads Examples
Legacy App DB Node
Avoid duplication of domain logic JSON APIs are lovely to
work with Plays to Nodes strengths Pros
Extra load on existing application Might have to build/extend existing
API What if the legacy app goes down? Cons
4. Creating APIs
Websocket Services Streaming services APIs for Mobile Apps Proxy serivces
File upload handling Ebay’s ql.io Examples
DB Node Clients
Handle very load Lots of concurrent connections JSON comes naturally
Pros
Cons You now have a dependeny on Node System adminstration
Teaching others about it
mysql Rails Disc Cache Nginx Redis Node Browser Pusher http://live.mpora.com
Mpora Live
5. Message Queues
ZeroMQ Resque Redis Pubsub dnode Examples
Message Queue Legacy App Node Legacy Worker
6. Streams
Twitter, Facebook, Salesforce HTTP long polling Comet XMPP Examples
7. Embedding
Ruby Racer Android Hadoop and Timothy Sprintstack PLV8 Examples
create or replace function fib(n int) returns int as $$
function fib(n) { return n<2 ? n : fib(n-1) + fib(n-2) } return fib(n) $$ LANGUAGE plv8 IMMUTABLE STRICT;
http://pgeu-plv8.herokuapp.com
Legacy App Node
Scripting within compiled languages Use existing, battle tested software Enable
Node on embedded devices Pros
Under heavy development You need to know the host platform
Context switching overhead Cons
Take a unix-like approach Decoupled Systems Use APIs to share
data Play to node’s strengths Summary
Node on Andriod - lanyrd.com/smpbg Rails and Node.js - lanyrd.com/srmwr
Hadoop and Timothy - lanyrd.com/sttxx Rhinode (Sprintstack) - lanyrd.com/srmwx These slides - lanyrd.com/szwyc Links