Node.js at Netflix with Yunong Xiao

Node.js is a server-side JavaScript runtime powered by V8.

Yunong Xiao is a senior engineer at Netflix. He works on the website’s Node.js front-end and middle-tier services.

Topics discussed:

• Netflix’s Node.js components
• Netflix’s similarities to Spotify
• How to scale a node application
• Java vs. Node.js services
• Node.js event loop
• Solutions to callback hell
• How Node.js changes what to render on client vs. server

Links:

• Tessel, a development platform for writing Node.js on hardware
• JavaScript is Assembly Language for the Web
• ECMAScript 6 Classes