The Walking Node

Slides from my talk about the nodejs fork "iojs" at the Munich Nodejs User Group meetup.

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1. The Walking Dead Node
   Munich Node.js Meetup #17, December 4
   

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2. Node is dead
   Long live IO?
   Issue #37
   

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3. First Contact
   

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4. GitHub
   

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5. Twitter
   @KenanSulayman it's just a fork. don't worry. if it gets relevant, we'll all gonna know :D
   — Julian Gruber (@juliangruber) 30. November 2014
   

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6. Reaction
   

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7. Second Contact
   

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8. GitHub
   

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9. Reaction
   

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10. Twitter I
    brb, migrating everything to io.js: https://t.co/fgQk49HqAW
    — Jan Lehnardt (@janl) 3. Dezember 2014
    

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11. Twitter II
    This year I am thankful for https://t.co/HCzm02Zu8M 🙌#
    — Jongleberry (@jongleberry) 27. November 2014
    

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12. Twitter III
    #iojs-Tweets
    

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13. Background
    

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14. Problems
    Delay in new releases
    Core contributors left
    Joyent forced policy
    

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15. Reaction
    

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16. Future
    

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17. Scenarios
    IO.js replaces Node.js
    Node.js and IO.js coexist
    Joyent gives IO organization name rights
    Wait until end of Januar
    

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18. Plans
    6-Week release cycle
    Quick V8 update adoption
    Open Governance Model
    Addon-layer (like nan)
    Split node in submodules (libuv.js, stdlib.js)
    Clean up stdlib (e.g. deprecate domain)
    

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19. Impact
    

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20. For Developers
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21. For Recruiters
    Recruiter looking for #iojs developers, 4 years experience required #nodejs
    — Lloyd Watkin (@lloydwatkin) 3. Dezember 2014
    

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22. Final Words
    

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23. Sources
    Github
    Logo Discussions
    Release Discussions
    Eran Hammer (Walmart)
    More Background Information
    

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24. Thank You
    Follow me on twitter @bodojs and on github bodokaiser or write me an email i@bodokaiser.io
    

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