[Announce] Ruby Tuesday, April 26: JavaScript beyond the Web: An Introduction to Node.js

[Andrew Clunis]

Greetings folks,

I'm scheduled to give a talk introducing and demonstration of node.js
(http://nodejs.org/), on Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 at 18:30 at the
Shopify offices in the Byward Market (see the site http://ottawaruby.ca/
for details on location).

Node.js is a Free Software project that takes the performant V8
JavaScript runtime from Google, and builds a system programming
environment around it reminiscent of the Ruby or Python runtimes. A
particularly important concept is the promotion of a main event queue
to a first-class language facility, as it is when JavaScript lives in
its original home, the web browser. They add a core library (CommonJS-
derived), library loading facilities, with various bits of community
contrib available such as a package manager (not unlike gems) and a
pile of libraries and projects. It's proving quite useful for writing
event-driven network applications in a dynamic language, and in
particular includes an excellent HTTP library making it more possible
for web developers to innovate directly on top of the HTTP protocol.

The JavaScript language itself has only lately garnered recognition as
a capable language suitable for Real Work only within the last few
years, with the emergence of community lore (far beyond that of the
uninspired copypasta of old), patterns, and actual projects making it
an increasingly viable option.

JavaScript has been of particular interest to Rubyists for a while,
due in part to its similar capabilities with late binding and lexical
scoping (closures), and increasingly obvious relevance in the world of
web development.

This talk will include a quick introduction to the JS language and its
history, and an introduction to the node.js environment itself
(installation, invocation, and the core libraries).

Hope to see you there!

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Regards,
Andrew Clunis
http://www.orospakr.ca/
https://github.com/orospakr

[Edward Ocampo-Gooding]

Looking forward to this talk!

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[Andrew Clunis]

Alas, I've come down with a nasty cold. As such, I think I ought to
defer my talk. I'm certainly willing to give it next month, if the
interest is still there.

I realize that it's short notice. However, it gives someone else the
opportunity to give a lightning talk or two!

--
Regards,
Andrew Clunis

[Sean Cull]

Hi Andrew,

I would definitely be interested in attending your talk if it were next month.

Regards,
Sean Cull

Personally, I'd really like if it were postponed to next month. Of
course, I'm biased because I won't actually be living in Ottawa until
April 29th! :)

[Edward Ocampo-gooding]

Ok, backup plan:

"CoffeeScript! Now in Rails 3.1"

Anyone interested in presenting a short intro to CoffeeScript?

[Christopher Saunders]

I can do an intro to CoffeeScript, no slides, but I can cover some of the basics.

Christopher Saunders
http://christophersaunders.ca/

[Chris Wise]

Or we could all just look at the commit thread and enjoy the goodness therein.

[Jevin Maltais]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Chris Wise
<cw...@murmurinformatics.com> wrote:
> Or we could all just look at the commit thread and enjoy the goodness therein.

I loved the memeness

[metageoff]

I'd also love to hear John regale us with his experiences trying out
the cloudfoundry stuff.
My 2cents.

Geoff

On Apr 26, 12:27 pm, Christopher Saunders <c.saunders...@gmail.com>
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> I can do an intro to CoffeeScript, no slides, but I can cover some of the
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[John Duff]

That could be arranged :)

[Richard Blair]

Regardless of what happens tomorrow night I'm about to nerd rage because I'm not going to be in Ottawa. All these topics sound amazing. Any events happening the first week of May? I'm going to be in town from the 2nd to the 6th.

[Chris Saunders]

Exclusively the 2nd to the 6th?  There's going to be an Android hack event happening on the 7th, if anyone is interested in working on an android project.

[Richard Blair]

Unfortunately, yes. I'm currently living in London, trying very hard to move out there. I <3 Ottawa, and Ottawa's hack/dev community.