Node has quickly emerged as "the new hotness" with JavaScript programmers. Node is a young language and has many developers confused as to when and why to use this new technology. Our talk aims to show how Node can enable front-end developers to create lean and speedy web applications with an "event-driven" server.

We'll dissect key sections of a sample application to demonstrate some of the features of Node. The popular packages Express and Socket.io will be discussed and we'll talk about the "Node way" of delivering content from a server. The overview of the application will demonstrate the necessary pieces involved in creating a real-time web experience.

This MeetUp will be looking at “Node” in both a broad and practical sense. On December 1st, we won't be live coding, but if you can install Node (http://nodejs.org/) and NPM (http://npmjs.org/) before the MeetUp will help improve you're overall knowledge of the technology. Front End-Developers looking to take their knowledge of JavaScript to a back-end server solution will gain the most from the event.
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