NodeJS worker threads

This slide deck was presented at DevFest Live 2021

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1. USING NODE JS
   WORKER THREADS
   Srushtika Neelakantam | DevFest Live 2021
   

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2. Developer Relations and
   Partner Engineer
   I’m
   @Srushtika
   

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3. b
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4. PEER TO PEER
   STRATEGY
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   player1
   player2
   player3
   player4
   player5
   O(n2) time complexity
   

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5. CLIENT/SERVER
   STRATEGY server
   player1 player2 player3
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   O(n) time complexity
   

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6. b
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7. b
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8. HTTP
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   vs WEBSOCKETS
   

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9. PUBLISH/ SUBSCRIBE
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10. PUBLISHING THE GAME STATE
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11. b
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12. NODE.JS GAME SERVER
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13. KEY ELEMENTS THAT
    MAKE NODE JS WORK
    NODE JS
    The chrome v8 engine
    converts JavaScript to
    machine readable code
    The libuv library provides and
    manages the event loop and
    thread pool
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14. “What the heck
    is the event loop
    anyway”
    by Philip Roberts
    (JSConfEU on YouTube)
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15. —VARIOUS PEOPLE ON THE INTERNETS
    “Node.js is a CPU bottleneck due to its
    single-threaded nature. That’s one of
    its major drawbacks”
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16. The answer?
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17. NODE JS WORKER THREADS ARCHITECTURE
    Credits: The NodeSource Blog
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19. CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, including
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    THANKS!
    Do you have any questions?
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