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-## Anonymous Callbacks
-
-Don't need to explicitly name a function, instead just write the function as a parameter:
-
-```javascript
-// Anonymous inlined callback
-helloCaller("Bob Bobberson", function(name) {
- // Finnish Hello
- console.log("Moi " + name);
-});
-```
-<pre>
-Moi Bob Bobberson</pre>
-
-You see this **all the *time*** when dealing with nodejs and javascript in general
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diff --git a/slides/event-loop.md b/slides/event-loop.md
index 0c6ef334ea800a9c9a7defa40b8b48e019443a9b..9dc87277ae2503d96092fcfafb4e7ca02d001509 100644
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## Event Loop
-* What if
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+* Async calls enqueued on event loop
+* Node single-thread will dequeue and process
+* When there's nothing left to do, node will sleep
diff --git a/slides/google-v8.md b/slides/google-v8.md
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+## Google v8
+
+* Google's open source javascript engine
+* Used by google chrome
+* Compiles javascript to machine code JIT
+*
+
+'''''''''''show how node connects with c++ code?
+'''''''''''show assembly? benchmarks?
diff --git a/slides/how-is-node-put-together.md b/slides/how-is-node-put-together.md
index beb8c3698ab89a5c0a3f34388813832f2f0f79f4..d82501d8b5cfa464df5932e520a0facfb62db909 100644
--- a/slides/how-is-node-put-together.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
## How is node put together?
-Three main components:
-* Google V8 engine that compiles/optimizes Javascript
-* High performance http parser
+* 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
diff --git a/slides/javascript-ex1.md b/slides/javascript-ex1.md
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-## Javascript example #1
-
-Some simple DOM manipulation
-
-```javascript
-// Grab every div on the page
-var divs = document.querySelectorAll("div");
-
-// Loop through each element
-for (var i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {
- // Change the background image
- divs[i].style.backgroundImage =
- "url('http://stfn.me/stefchat/stefchatweb.jpg')";
-}
-```
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-## Javascript Example #2
-
-First class functions!!
-
-```javascript
-function englishHello(name) {
- console.log("Hello " + name);
-}
-
-function swedishHello(name) {
- console.log("Hej " + name);
-}
-
-var cse333 = swedishHello;
-
-function helloCaller(name, helloFunction) {
- helloFunction(name);
-}
-
-helloCaller("Brendan Eich", englishHello);
-helloCaller("Grace Hopper", swedishHello);
-helloCaller("Abraham Lincoln", cse333);
-```
-
-<pre>
-Hello Brendan Eich
-Hej Grace Hopper
-Hej Abraham Lincoln</pre>
diff --git a/slides/javascript-to-the-rescue.md b/slides/javascript-to-the-rescue.md
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-## Javascript to the rescue
-
-* Designed in 10 days by Brendan Eich
- * @see <a href="https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat">Wat by Gary Bernhardt</a>
-* Dynamic typing
-* First class functions
-* **Event loop**
-* **Non-blocking I/O**
diff --git a/slides/list.json b/slides/list.json
index bc7901e86ddcf8cd8801fb62bf78113f16e7384a..c15eacd7215fe1e94b5a41d20ff5f6a59f2cd038 100644
--- a/slides/list.json
+++ b/slides/list.json
@@ -2,8 +2,19 @@
"nodejs.md",
"who-is-this-kid.md",
"outline.md",
+ "what-is-node.md",
+ "the-problem.md",
+ "the-solution.md",
"why-node-is-awesome.md",
"why-node-is-awesome-pt-2.md",
"who-uses-node.md",
- "how-is-node-put-together.md"
+ "how-is-node-put-together.md",
+ "google-v8.md",
+ "syscall-overhead.md",
+ "v8-benchmarks.md",
+ "pure-c-modules.md",
+ "outline-pt2.md",
+ "the-javascript-part.md",
+ "what-is-a-callback.md",
+ "event-loop.md"
]
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diff --git a/slides/outline-pt2.md b/slides/outline-pt2.md
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+## Outline
+
+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)**
+5. Recap + takeaways
diff --git a/slides/outline.md b/slides/outline.md
index e5236cca5f967bdac6fd956674a6860cf6f52e27..ec51ecc7aa72213fd524b2df6b370fd858dbeda1 100644
--- a/slides/outline.md
+++ b/slides/outline.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
## Outline
-1. Why node is awesome
+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)
diff --git a/slides/pure-c-modules.md b/slides/pure-c-modules.md
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+## 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
+
+* 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
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+## Syscall overhead
+
+Hello world in C, node, and Java
+
+| Language | Syscall Count |
+|----------|---------------|
+| C | 13 |
+| Java | 317 |
+| Node | 491 |
diff --git a/slides/the-javascript-part.md b/slides/the-javascript-part.md
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+## The javascript part
+
+* Javascript is one of the most popular languages in the world
+
+<img src="pics/github_new.png" style="width: 400px">
+
+* Lots of people with knowledge of javascript
+* Ergo, lots of people familiar with async + callbacks
+* Nodejs uses lots of async + callbacks
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diff --git a/slides/the-problem.md b/slides/the-problem.md
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+## The Problem
+
+* Servers have to handle lots of requests
+* majority of I/O is disk bound
+
+```
+var result = database.query("kittens");
+// twaddle fingers
+send(result);
+```
+
+Apache makes a new thread per request,
+<br>
+but uses hella memory
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diff --git a/slides/the-solution.md b/slides/the-solution.md
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+++ b/slides/the-solution.md
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+## The Solution
+
+Nodejs uses callbacks to defer dealing with I/O until it's ready
+
+```
+database.query("kittens", function (data) {
+ // database is done and has the data ready
+ send(data);
+});
+
+// do other servery things
+```
diff --git a/slides/v8-benchmarks.md b/slides/v8-benchmarks.md
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+++ b/slides/v8-benchmarks.md
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+## v8 benchmarks
+
+'''''''''''''grab some benchmarks online
diff --git a/slides/what-even-is-node.md b/slides/what-even-is-node.md
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-## What even *is* node?
diff --git a/slides/what-is-a-callback.md b/slides/what-is-a-callback.md
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+## what is a callback
+
+Callbacks are functions that are passed as parameters to other functions,
+and then called within those functions
+
+LinkedList implementation requires a function pointer to free a payload,
+same idea
+
+```
+function helloCaller(helloFn, name) {
+ helloFn(name);
+}
+
+function hello(name) { console.log("hello " + name); }
+function swedishHello(name) { console.log("hej " + name); }
+
+helloCaller(hello, "CSE 333");
+helloCaller(swedishHello, "CSE 333");
+```
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+## What is node
+
+* Asynchronous, event driven server framework
+* Non-blocking I/O
+* For frontend js noobs and "unix haxors"
+* Single threaded!
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diff --git a/slides/who-uses-node.md b/slides/who-uses-node.md
index 89c4f45795bf7b76b68a71fa9caf2f6aae27e769..e5328ea29c0105b1a000ac914b595d38c0e969ca 100644
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@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
Uber, Yahoo, Microsoft, Ebay, Cloud9 IDE,
Dow Jones, LinkedIn, The New York Times,
-PayPal
+PayPal, Mal-Wart
diff --git a/slides/why-node-is-awesome.md b/slides/why-node-is-awesome.md
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--- a/slides/why-node-is-awesome.md
+++ b/slides/why-node-is-awesome.md
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## Why node is awesome
```javascript
-// simple-server.js
var http = require('http');
function requestHandler(request, response) {