No doubt you’ve heard of Node. You’ve certainly heard of NoSQL. And you’re intrigued by this idea of server-side JavaScript in general. What are these technologies and why are they important? What does the modern application stack look like nowadays? What could it look like in the future? Can I really just write JavaScript everywhere, all-the-time? And how does this all fit into a Sencha-based application development workflow? Think of this talk as a spoken discussion document with which to tantalize and possibly confuse while I lay out my vision for the apocalypse that is Node and its accompanying technologies…
Duration: 45:59
Craig Walker
Craig Walker is Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of small business accounting software provider Xero. Xero has over 50,000 customers in over 100 countries and Craig has recently relocated to San Francisco to start the US based office.
Craig currently leads Xero’s software development technology strategy. He has a morbid obsession with JavaScript and not having to use any other language for development (much to the amusement of his colleagues).
Craig and Xero have been keen evangelists of Sencha products having utilized Sencha JavaScript libraries across Xero’s entire product line. Craig’s most recent fun project was building Xero Touch, a Sencha Touch-based mobile version of Xero released for the web and into the Apple App Store (and soon to be launched for Android).