Presentation: "Realtime Web Apps with HTML5 WebSocket and Beyond"

Time: Friday 12:05 - 13:05

Location: Metropolitan Ballroom II & III

Abstract: This presentation will focus on the development of next generation realtime web apps with the use of Socket.IO. Socket.IO is a Node.JS project that makes WebSockets and realtime possible in all browsers. It also enhances WebSockets by providing built-in multiplexing, horizontal scalability, automatic JSON encoding/decoding, and more.

This talk will cover:
•    HTML5 WebSocket, server sent events, long polling and how the realtime transports work
•    The Socket.IO API
•    The creation of an example realtime app
It will also introduce people to server side JavaScript, and highlight its importance for the realtime web and the future of web development.

Guillermo Rauch, CTO of LearnBoost

 Guillermo  Rauch

Guillermo Rauch is the CTO and cofounder of SF based education startup LearnBoost, author of socket.io, co-author of the mongoose Node.JS MongoDB ODM, contributor to the Node.JS express web framework, MooTools core developer, blogger, speaker and open source lover

Twitter: @rauchg