Using Node.js and Ruby on Rails for uber productivity

A lightning talk given at London Node.js User Group about using node.js and ruby on rails to build http://live.mpora.com in 6 days

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1. HOW I BUILT LIVE.MPORA.COM IN 6 DAYS
2. OR
3. USING NODE.JS + RAILS FOR ÜBER PRODUCTIVITY
4. GITHUB.COM/ANDREW @TEABASS ANDREW NESBITT
6. OR
7. LIVE.MPORA.COM
8. THE TASK LIVE CHAT AND POLL WEB APP 6 DAYS 3000 CONCURRENT USERS EC2 HOSTED
9. THE TECH NODE.JS RUBY ON RAILS REDIS MYSQL NGINX PUSHER
10. THE STACK mysql Rails Disc Cache Nginx Redis Node Browser Pusher
11. WHY RAILS? EXPERIENCE BOOTSTRAP ASSET PIPELINE SPEED OF DEVELOPMENT
12. WHY NODE? SPEED EXPERIENCE CONCURRENCY SEPARATION OF CONCERNS
13. PROXY ALL THE THINGS if process.env.NODE_ENV isnt 'production' http = require 'http' util = require 'util' app.use express.logger() app.all '/*', (req, res) -> options = { host: 'localhost', port: 3000, path: req.url headers: req.headers method: req.method } request = http.request options, (htmls) -> res.writeHead htmls.statusCode, htmls.headers util.pump htmls, res, (err) -> res.end() request.end(querystring.stringify(req.body))
14. OTHER BITS CAPISTRANO UPSTART PASSENGER PUSHER