Node+JS Interactive

Node.js 10 just entered Long Term Support (LTS). Let’s look at some exciting new features and what the future holds for Node.js Core.

The Native module ecosystem for Node.js is an important factor in the rapid growth of Node.js. The N-API is now a supported feature and is designed to provide ABI stability across Node.js releases. This will reduce friction in upgrading to newer Node.js versions in production deployments. In addition, it will reduce the maintenance cost that module maintainers previously had to take on due to the fast pace of changes in the v8 APIs. This talk will provide a progress update on this community project, the roadmap, and why now is the right time to get involved.

In this fresh off the press episode of Node.js Files, I will take you to a set of Node.js' implementation of HTTP2. Its quirks, its benefits, and its workings explained and illustrated. How do we get from an established connection to TLS decryption? How does the concept of session come in to play? How does node handle memory usage when it comes to HTTP2? And what are these frame things everyone keeps talking about? This and more explained in HTTP2, one frame at a time. Coming to theatre near you from Fall 2018.

Have you ever wondered how your JavaScript objects are laid out in the memory? This talk will give you a tour of llnode, a project under the Node.js Foundation that is directly based on this knowledge. It will cover the new JavaScript API of the project that allows you to bring JavaScript objects back to life from a terminated process, and how llnode restores JavaScript objects from raw process memory under the hood.

This talk will continue a Node.js Interactive tradition of presenting the latest state of Node.js core. New features, significant initiatives, and major upcoming changes will be presented. What has the Node.js project accomplished over the last year and where is it going in the next?