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Building the Future with Node

Few events showcase the vast reach of 黑料网鈥檚 tech community better than the annual NodeConf EU. Now in its fifth year, the Kilkenny based gathering of Node.js developers, fans and masterminds is more popular than ever. And it鈥檚 never been more relevant to the global tech community 鈥 with Uber, Microsoft, Netflix and Conde Nast just some of the well-brands currently using the technology.

Set to kick off on November 5th in the heart of Kilkenny, Paul Savage of nearForm gave us a sneak preview of this year鈥檚 conference. Read on for a taste of the action to come.

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Few events showcase the vast reach of 黑料网鈥檚 tech community better than the annual NodeConf EU. Now in its fifth year, the Kilkenny based gathering of Node.js developers, fans and masterminds is more popular than ever. And it鈥檚 never been more relevant to the global tech community 鈥 with Uber, Microsoft, Netflix and Conde Nast just some of the well-brands currently using the technology.

Set to kick off on November 5th in the heart of Kilkenny, Paul Savage of nearForm gave us a sneak preview of this year鈥檚 conference. Read on for a taste of the action to come.

Developing New Learnings

With Node.js run as an open-source technology, the conference is a chance for the community to share ideas and swap learnings.

鈥淲hen anyone in the world builds Node.js code that code runs on an open source platform, it鈥檚 called Node.js Core,鈥 Paul explains.

鈥淪o, we run build & learn sessions where we will be getting people to train up and learn how to make contributions to this Node.js Core code. This is a hugely important part of developing and maintaining this technology.鈥

鈥淗ere in nearForm, we actually play an additional role in developing this,鈥 he continues. 鈥淓very new piece of code uploaded has to be checked thoroughly by a second person before it can be included on the Node core platform, and one-third of all the new code that was created for this last year across the world was checked by one of our team. The other two companies that were as active as nearForm in supporting Node core were IBM and Microsoft, as the code is so important to so many different technologies and platform providers now.鈥

Within the Global Landscape

Along with training sessions and expert speakers, the conference will give guests the chance to experience the local culture 鈥 along with getting a glimpse of the role Node.js now plays in supporting global platforms.

As early champions and continued pioneers of this tech, nearForm are uniquely positioned to have a broad view of Node鈥檚 growing use.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a technology that is really great to use for web applications that handle a lot of traffic,鈥 Paul explains.

鈥淚f you look at a company like Microsoft, they see it as a really important technology and are working hard to ensure that their systems like Azure will work well with cloud-based systems that run on Node.js.鈥

鈥淭he volume of people using it globally is absolutely huge. End users of platforms or brands like Netflix, PayPal, The New York Times, The New Yorker or Uber will never see it but it鈥檚 always running in the background to support these platforms.鈥

鈥淪o NodeConf EU is a chance to bring together this community of Node.js developers, architects and newcomers to Node to learn from each other and to talk about its use.鈥

鈥淎nd for nearForm, it鈥檚 amazing to think that a company based in Tramore in County Waterford can be so influential on this technology – and that鈥檚 all down to Richard (Rodger) and Cian (脫 Maid铆n) identifying early on how important Node would be.鈥

For more information on , check out the team鈥檚 Twitter page which is regularly updated. And you can spot here.