Node.js – real time web apps with Drupal

My talk from DrupalCamp Copenhagen.

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1. Node.js Real-time web apps with Drupal lørdag den 24. september 11
2. Drupal’s characteristics • Content management framework • Flexible/extensible • Powerful, point and click configurability • Shared nothing/stateless • Database heavy • Slow :( lørdag den 24. september 11
3. Node.js’ characteristics • Low-level toolset • Asynchronous • Stateful • Fast • Real-time interaction lørdag den 24. september 11
4. Drupal is for web pages lørdag den 24. september 11
5. Node.js is for network services lørdag den 24. september 11
6. Strong community similarities • Drupal was created in 2001 by Dries Buytaert because he need a system for social communication • Thousands of developers on the core system • By developers, for developers • Active contrib community: 8.500+ modules available on drupal.org • Node.js was created in 2009 by Ryan Dahl because he needed a tool for creating network services • Thousands of developers on the core system • By developers, for developers • Active contrib community: 4.000+ packages available on NPM lørdag den 24. september 11
7. • Do things that was not possible before without learning $obscure_language or $weird_platform; • JavaScript everywhere • Speed is the new black • Web applications need responsive and stateful backends Why is Node.js so popular? lørdag den 24. september 11
8. What is built with Node.js? lørdag den 24. september 11
9. Etherpad Lite lørdag den 24. september 11
10. Chat lørdag den 24. september 11
11. Maps lørdag den 24. september 11
12. All sorts of crazy stuff lørdag den 24. september 11
13. Node.js and Drupal lørdag den 24. september 11
14. Drupal on top lørdag den 24. september 11
15. Node.js as a message bus (yawn) lørdag den 24. september 11
16. Send messages from Drupal code lørdag den 24. september 11
17. Node.js on top lørdag den 24. september 11
18. (parts of) Drupal’s API in Node.js lørdag den 24. september 11
19. Demo lørdag den 24. september 11
20. JavaScript all the way down lørdag den 24. september 11
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