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diff --git a/slides/google-v8.md b/slides/google-v8.md
index 73316620e10bb78a6034196701ecabbac0a609f7..bbfa875167fe9245803afdcb8c876842cc148474 100644
--- a/slides/google-v8.md
+++ b/slides/google-v8.md
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
* Google's open source javascript engine
* Used by google chrome
+* Exists as a standalone engine
* Compiles javascript to machine code JIT
-* Exists as a standalone engine
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/slides/how-is-node-put-together.md b/slides/how-is-node-put-together.md
index d82501d8b5cfa464df5932e520a0facfb62db909..d0328e4064118448bd46db3f1a594f95a94e045c 100644
--- a/slides/how-is-node-put-together.md
+++ b/slides/how-is-node-put-together.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
## How is node put together?
* Google v8 engine that compiles/optimizes Javascript
-* High performance parts written in C (http, etc)
-* Bridge between high performance parts to v8 (via v8 apis)
-* Libuv as an abstraction layer for network and file system
+* High performance parts written in C (http, libuv)
+* Wrapped together by node
diff --git a/slides/javascript-overview.md b/slides/javascript-overview.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd8739f4086812391be163bac5f7ac13531596ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slides/javascript-overview.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## javascript overview
+
+This is a new Markdown slide
diff --git a/slides/list.json b/slides/list.json
index 588f6a4c00fa7cb9aa0ce7fbdb178c936b42a883..7f2a29bd50adefdcafc86c0e4bca220aa75014b9 100644
--- a/slides/list.json
+++ b/slides/list.json
@@ -10,16 +10,18 @@
"who-uses-node.md",
"how-is-node-put-together.md",
"google-v8.md",
- "syscall-overhead.md",
"v8-benchmarks.md",
+ "syscall-overhead.md",
"pure-c-modules.md",
"outline-pt2.md",
- "the-javascript-part.md",
+ "why-javascript-totally-rules.md",
+ "javascript-overview.md",
"what-is-a-callback.md",
+ "the-javascript-part.md",
"event-loop.md",
"simple-server-example.md",
"popular-modules.md",
"other-crazy-things-you-can-do.md",
"takeaways.md",
- "simple-chat-server.md"
+ "simple-chat-server.md"
]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/slides/outline-pt2.md b/slides/outline-pt2.md
index acff660a35c278fc6fcf50c72236c3404599d4e7..d2937a0a19fe7bd22007cd12f9060aaea4063918 100644
--- a/slides/outline-pt2.md
+++ b/slides/outline-pt2.md
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
1. What is node/Why node is awesome
2. Nodejs architecture overview
3. V8, c++, and optimizing oh my
-4. **Why javascript? (aka all glory to the event loop)**
+4. **The javascript part**
5. Recap + takeaways
diff --git a/slides/outline.md b/slides/outline.md
index ec51ecc7aa72213fd524b2df6b370fd858dbeda1..c3e5e45fcfe3b4db1ed81342c114c85a7fbc1f78 100644
--- a/slides/outline.md
+++ b/slides/outline.md
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
1. What is node/Why node is awesome
2. Nodejs architecture overview
3. V8, c++, and optimizing oh my
-4. Why javascript? (aka all glory to the event loop)
+4. The javascript part
5. Recap + takeaways
diff --git a/slides/pure-c-modules.md b/slides/pure-c-modules.md
index e538c5d0fc28a78556d50504191d023b970b8acc..b47cf8c62bebd298b3f9dd6c235b0c4ea7f28ac2 100644
--- a/slides/pure-c-modules.md
+++ b/slides/pure-c-modules.md
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
## Pure C modules
-Most of node's components are written in javascript,
-but a few high performance ones are written in pure C
-and then connect into v8 via v8 APIs
+Nodejs has a few components written in C for performance
+<div style="text-align:left">
+<dl>
+ <dt><b>Http parser:</b></dt>
+ <dd>https://github.com/joyent/node/tree/master/deps/http_parser</dd>
+ <br>
+ <dt><b>libuv, platform independent async I/O:</b></dt>
+ <dd>https://github.com/libuv/libuv</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+<br>
+
+*freaking awesome logo btw*
+
+<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libuv/libuv/master/img/banner.png" width="400px">
+
-* https://github.com/joyent/node/tree/master/deps/http_parser
-* networking?
-'''''''''''check with xi
diff --git a/slides/syscall-overhead.md b/slides/syscall-overhead.md
index acfacf2c9e06cd93c745314f95996069957fd334..42e96c3ea18245f7f124999d935a1933980ba871 100644
--- a/slides/syscall-overhead.md
+++ b/slides/syscall-overhead.md
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
## Syscall overhead
-Hello world in C, node, and Java
+Hello world in C, v8, java and node
-| Language | Syscall Count |
-|----------|---------------|
-| C | 13 |
-| Java | 317 |
-| Node | 491 |
+<img src="files/syscall_graph.png" width="600px">
+
+*Remember that v8 and node both include a compilation step!*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/slides/the-javascript-part.md b/slides/the-javascript-part.md
index 3e18c55e571a5b620b3cc573f774ccae5a0bd11c..f4e6255b6083d1bde80ba3b1c08f914163c2d1d8 100644
--- a/slides/the-javascript-part.md
+++ b/slides/the-javascript-part.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-## The javascript part
+## The gospel of node
* Javascript is one of the most popular languages in the world
* Lots of people with knowledge of javascript
* Ergo, lots of people familiar with async + callbacks
* Nodejs designer wanted a language with callbacks + event loop concept
-* Google V8 ayy lmao
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+* Google V8 ayy lmao
+* And thus nodejs was born
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diff --git a/slides/the-problem.md b/slides/the-problem.md
index 10df93060946ccbe85111d146786d9d76c07cb8b..14f7ae3d272a19a26be3ab9692e3f03505fbcd09 100644
--- a/slides/the-problem.md
+++ b/slides/the-problem.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
```javascript
var result = database.query("kittens");
-// twaddle fingers
+// finger twaddling
send(result);
```
diff --git a/slides/the-solution.md b/slides/the-solution.md
index c5e50e911dc217f78a8c89fdb0508c70d5bdbbd3..4d009594330712dfb9d2afdce212bf25ea9419c7 100644
--- a/slides/the-solution.md
+++ b/slides/the-solution.md
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
Nodejs uses callbacks to defer dealing with I/O until it's ready
-```
+```javascript
database.query("kittens", function (data) {
// database is done and has the data ready
send(data);
});
// do other servery things
+skynet.init().spawn({"model": "T-1000"});
```
*we'll explore callbacks and javascript language features later*
diff --git a/slides/why-javascript-totally-rules.md b/slides/why-javascript-totally-rules.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0bc0453692f855789247a78a72cb956cf6a4c528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slides/why-javascript-totally-rules.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Why javascript totally rules
+
+<iframe width="840" height="473" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/16GrH7H4PtQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>