Node.js for .NET Developers
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This document summarizes a presentation on Node.js for .NET developers. It introduces the speaker David Neal and moderator Alvin Ashcraft. The presentation covers why developers use Node.js, provides a crash course on Node.js basics, and discusses tools, frameworks and strategies for integrating Node.js with .NET applications. Examples of companies using Node.js successfully are also presented.
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Node.js for .NET Developers
- 1. Node.js for .NET Developers Speaker: David Neal Moderator: Alvin Ashcra< May 14, 2015 May 14 – 15, 2015 2015 Microso< MVP Virtual Conference
- 2. Your Presenter David Neal -‐> reverentgeek.com -‐> @reverentgeek var trustMe = { consumes: ["Bacon", "Caffeine"], facialHair: true, knowsHowToComputer: true, mvp: "ALM" }
- 3. Your Moderator Alvin Ashcraft -‐> alvinashcraft.com -‐> @alvinashcraft var alvin = { title: "Software Architect", yearsExperience: 20, facialHair: true, knowsHowToComputer: true, mvp: ".NET" }
- 4. Up Ahead • Why Node.js? • Crash course • Tools and frameworks • Integration strategies
- 5. JavaScript… …has won the Web. – Scott Hanselman
- 6. Anything that can be written in JavaScript… …will eventually be written in JavaScript – Somebody with incredible powers of observation (go search for“jslinux”)
- 7. JavaScript… …is tragically important. – Douglas Crockford, Author of“JavaScript: The Good Parts”
- 15. Why Node.js? • Rapid innovation & delivery • Developer happiness • Attract & retain talent • Performance “Why Node.js is Becoming the Go-To Technology in the Enterprise” – nearform.com
- 16. What’s our story? • ASP.NET MVC, C# • SQL Server + NHibernate • JavaScript + JQuery
- 17. What’s our story? • JavaScript • Recruiting • Productive, less friction – Testing – Microservices – RabbitMQ, riak, redis • Cross-platform
- 19. “What is Node.js used for:The 2015 Node.js Overview Report” – blog.risingstack.com
- 20. Node.js exemplifies… Start with the simplest solution that works. Do one thing, and do it well.
- 21. Node.js is… • blazing fast • highly concurrent • low-friction • cross-platform • modern web server
- 22. Fandango • dramatically shorter development cycles • micro-services architecture • flexibility in deployment • easily scalable infrastructure “Fandango Goes Live with Node.js” – nearform.com
- 23. PayPal • 2x faster development with fewer developers • 33% fewer lines of code • 40% fewer files • 2x improvement requests/sec • 35% decrease in avg response time
- 24. Walmart • Black Friday, 2013 • Mobile platform • 200,000,000+ users • < 1% CPU utilization • Deployed updates
- 25. Who else is using Node.js? • Dow Jones (WSJ) • eBay • Groupon • LinkedIn • Rdio • Shutterstock • The New York Times • Uber • Yammer • Zendesk nodjs.org/industry
- 26. Node.js Use Cases • Single-page apps • API server (REST, Hypermedia, etc.) • Real-time, streaming, WebSockets • Chat, IM, social media • Dashboards • Proxy service In other words… the INTERNET
- 27. Installing Node.js 1. http://nodejs.org 2. Click big, green INSTALL 3. Run installer – OR – Install using Chocolatey (http://chocolatey.org) C:> choco install nodejs.install
- 28. Installing Node.js C:> node –v v0.10.38 C:> npm –v 1.4.28
- 29. Dependencies – OR – Python 2.x (https://python.org/downloads/ C:> choco install python2
- 30. Dependencies – OR – Visual C++ 2010 Express C:> choco install VCExpress2010
- 31. Node.js Tools for Visual Studio http://nodejstools.codeplex.com https://github.com/Microsoft/nodejstools Minimum requirements: • VS 2012 Pro or VS Community 2013 • Latest VS updates • VS + Node.js Tools Azure VM
- 32. Visual Studio Code https://code.visualstudio.com/ • Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows • code assistance • debugging
- 34. Deploying • Don’t include node_modules folder • …unless you create builds for specific targets • Azure is super-easy • Windows – iisnode for web apps – winser for services • Linux – forever
- 35. Hosting Node.js on Azure • Login to Azure portal • Click +New • Choose Compute > Website > From Gallery • Choose Templates > Node JS Empty Site • Connect to repository such as GitHub for automatic deployments • reverentgeek.com/hosting-node-js-on-microsoft-azure/
- 36. Recommended Toolbox Package What it do, yo lodash JavaScript utilities when JavaScript promise library async async/parallel execution request (or rest) http client gulp build engine, test runner socket.io sockets, real-time node-inspector Debugging mocha test framework chai TDD/BDD assertion library sinon spies, stubs, mocks
- 37. Node frameworks MVC • Express • Meteor • Sails • Hapi API • Restify • LoopBack • Autohost nodeframework.com nodewebmodules.com
- 38. Edge.js • Run .NET in-process • …including F#, ADO.NET, Python, and Powershell • Execute inline code, files, or assemblies • Alternative to writing native modules in C • .NET 4.5 or Mono 3.1
- 39. What can Edge.js do? • Leverage existing .NET investment • SQL Server (or other DBs) • TFS, SharePoint, Exchange, etc. • Active Directory • Hardware (e.g. camera, microphone, printer, win32) • Video encoding, or other CPU-intensive work • Powershell
- 40. .NET + Node.js Integration • Edge.js • request module to call .NET Web API • Messaging (e.g. RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus)
- 42. David Neal @ReverentGeek [email protected] reverentgeek.com Thank You! Demos + Resources bit.ly/node-demos