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Node.js: Asynchronous Purity Leads to Faster Development

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Ryan Dahl demonstrates how to use Node.js’ asynchronous IO model to write simple HTTP/TCP/DNS servers that scale up serving thousands of connections while using a very low memory footprint and few CPU cycles.

Bio

Ryan Dahl is a programmer at Joyent and creator of Node.js. Even before Node, his focus in the past few years has been on web servers. Ryan grew up in Rochester, New York but now lives in San Francisco.

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  • Useful but...

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    ...without the camera pointing at the projection the online viewer has no idea what Live code Ryan was writing.

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    Remember Ryan Dahl: The man who invested a great amount of passion to make Node.js come alive!!

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    Remember Ryan Dahl: The man who invested a great amount of passion to make Node.js come alive!!

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