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Rails with Node.js - a Reese's Moment
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Jerry Cheung
September 26, 2011
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Rails with Node.js - a Reese's Moment
Introduction to Node.js and how to use it alongside Rails.
Jerry Cheung
September 26, 2011
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Transcript
Rails with Node.js a Reese’s Moment Monday, September 26, 11
Me Monday, September 26, 11
In a Nutshell Monday, September 26, 11
In a Nutshell • Framework for building network apps Monday,
September 26, 11
In a Nutshell • Framework for building network apps •
First class evented I/O Monday, September 26, 11
In a Nutshell • Framework for building network apps •
First class evented I/O • Built on top of V8 Monday, September 26, 11
What it ain’t Monday, September 26, 11
What it ain’t • NOT a browser side Javascript library
Monday, September 26, 11
What it ain’t • NOT a browser side Javascript library
• NOT a full fledged webapp framework Monday, September 26, 11
A Simple Example Monday, September 26, 11
A Simple Example (1..3).each do |i| contents = File.read('presentation.key') puts
"#{i}. Finished reading file" puts "#{i}. doing something important..." end Monday, September 26, 11
A Simple Example 1. Finished reading file 1. doing something
important... 2. Finished reading file 2. doing something important... 3. Finished reading file 3. doing something important... Monday, September 26, 11
A Simple Example var fs = require('fs'); for (var i=1;
i<=3; i++) { fs.readFile('presentation.key', function(err, data) { console.log(i + ". Finished reading file"); }); console.log(i + ". doing something important..."); } Monday, September 26, 11
A Simple Example var fs = require('fs'); for (var i=1;
i<=3; i++) { fs.readFile('presentation.key', function(err, data) { console.log(i + ". Finished reading file"); }); console.log(i + ". doing something important..."); } Monday, September 26, 11
A Simple Example 1. doing something important... 2. doing something
important... 3. doing something important... 4. Finished reading file 4. Finished reading file 4. Finished reading file Monday, September 26, 11
Trust Callbacks Monday, September 26, 11
Trust Callbacks • Async programming is trickier Monday, September 26,
11
Trust Callbacks • Async programming is trickier • ...But it
doesn’t block your other code Monday, September 26, 11
Go to Jail “Node jails you into this evented- style
programming. You can’t do things in a blocking way, you can’t write slow programs.” - Ryan Dahl Monday, September 26, 11
Some Real Examples Monday, September 26, 11
Some Real Examples • Real-time dashboards and analytics Monday, September
26, 11
Some Real Examples • Real-time dashboards and analytics • Push
notifications Monday, September 26, 11
Some Real Examples • Real-time dashboards and analytics • Push
notifications • Fast file uploads Monday, September 26, 11
Dashboards + Analytics https://github.com/etsy/statsd Monday, September 26, 11
Dashboards + Analytics http://hummingbirdstats.com/ Monday, September 26, 11
Push Notifications https://github.com/mape/node-wargames Monday, September 26, 11
File Uploaders Monday, September 26, 11
File Uploaders • Slow to parse the encoded upload body
Monday, September 26, 11
File Uploaders • Slow to parse the encoded upload body
• Post-processing & background jobs Monday, September 26, 11
File Uploaders require 'sinatra' # curl -F "
[email protected]
" http://localhost:4567/upload post
'/upload' do # already written to params[:data][:tempfile] "" end Monday, September 26, 11
Upload Benchmarks MRI Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.2 with Sinatra 1.2.1
Node 0.5.0 2.66 GHz i7 2000 iterations on a 295 byte file Monday, September 26, 11
Upload Benchmarks MRI Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.2 with Sinatra 1.2.1
Node 0.5.0 2.66 GHz i7 2000 iterations on a 295 byte file Monday, September 26, 11
Upload Benchmarks MRI Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.2 with Sinatra 1.2.1
Node 0.5.0 2.66 GHz i7 2000 iterations on a 295 byte file Ruby 67 minutes 3.5 seconds Node 23.9 seconds Monday, September 26, 11
Upload Benchmarks MRI Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.2 with Sinatra 1.2.1
Node 0.5.0 2.66 GHz i7 2000 iterations on a 295 byte file Ruby 67 minutes 3.5 seconds Node 23.9 seconds Monday, September 26, 11
Upload Benchmarks MRI Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.2 with Sinatra 1.2.1
Node 0.5.0 2.66 GHz i7 2000 iterations on a 295 byte file Ruby 67 minutes 3.5 seconds Node 23.9 seconds Monday, September 26, 11
Upload Benchmarks MRI Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.2 with Sinatra 1.2.1
Node 0.5.0 2.66 GHz i7 2000 iterations on a 295 byte file Ruby 67 minutes 3.5 seconds Node 23.9 seconds Monday, September 26, 11
No Silver Bullet Monday, September 26, 11
No Silver Bullet • Not a replacement for Ruby Monday,
September 26, 11
No Silver Bullet • Not a replacement for Ruby •
Use where it makes sense Monday, September 26, 11
No Silver Bullet • Not a replacement for Ruby •
Use where it makes sense • Doesn’t guarantee scalability Monday, September 26, 11
Wrapup Monday, September 26, 11
Wrapup • Server side Javascript rules! Monday, September 26, 11
Wrapup • Server side Javascript rules! • Event driven style
of programming Monday, September 26, 11
Wrapup • Server side Javascript rules! • Event driven style
of programming • Good for specific problems Monday, September 26, 11
Thanks! Questions?
[email protected]
@whatcodecraves http://whatcodecraves.com Monday, September 26, 11