Articles on node.js
Building a Real-time Scoring System for the NPGL
This Tuesday in Madison Square Garden, the National Pro Grid League will have its first regular season match. Three months ago, we started building the real-time scoring system that backs its events. Here’s how we did it: Madison Square Garden
Roll Your Own Asset Pipeline with Gulp
I’ve found myself using Gulp for just about everything involving HTML/CSS/JS these days. It’s super fast, quick to write scripts for and flexible. I’m at a point now where I have a ton of projects I can just cd into, run gulp and be up and running. It’s the best solution I’ve found for delivering …
vimtronner: A Multiplayer, Command-line vim Trainer Built on Node.js and Socket.io
Greetings, programs! Meet vimtronner, a multiplayer command-line game that teaches you the core vim keys. Be the last player alive by either controlling your bike safely around obstacles or building your own walls for your opponents to crash into. Just remember: you can’t do both at the same time! You can learn how to install …
Project/Technology Showcase, April 25th
Carbon Five and Good Eggs are joining up to show off some of the projects they’ve recently worked with an emphasis on the technology that made them possible. We want to share what we think is interesting and what we’ve learned along the way. Genetic Symphony – A Genentech, IDEO, and Carbon Five collaboration for …
Automating Node.js deployment to EC2 with Chef
This post is a follow up to my colleague Ben’s excellent post from three weeks ago describing how he got node.js up and running on Amazon EC2. He asked me if I could automate his deploy in order to help him provision his production environment. I decided it was a good opportunity to learn Chef.
Node.js, Part III: Full Stack Application
In my previous posts, I introduced you to Node.js and walked through a bit of its codebase. Now I want to get a simple, but non-trivial Node.js application running. My biggest problem with Node.js so far has been the lack of substantial examples: if I see one more Hello World or Echo Server, I’ll flip …
Node.js, Part II: Spelunking in the Code
In my last post, I gave a quick overview of Node.js and showed you how to install and smoke test it. Now let’s dive deeper and learn what it provides and how it works.
Node.js Overview
I was a Java guy for 10 years and I’ve been a Rubyist for the last 5 years. Over the years, I’ve tried to develop expertise in a particular area of technology that will both pay the bills and make me happy as a programmer while also watching for upcoming changes in the tech world. …