Real-Time Metrics w/ Rickshaw & Node.js

Aug 222012
 

Here’s the audio from the recent Node.js group in NYC featuring David Chester discussing real-time metrics using Rickshaw.

It makes a big difference to be able to see change as it happens. In this talk we’ll take a tour of open-source tools that let us aggregate and visualize client-side and server-side events for real-time analytics and monitoring.

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Building AJAX APIs w/ Node.js & Redis

Aug 222012
 

We attended the recent Node.js group in NYC and listened to a talk given by Chris Alexander on building AJAX APIs w/ Node and Redis.

Whether you are building a new application from scratch or refactoring an existing application, designing a RESTful API has pretty much become a mandatory functional spec these days. Chris discussed how he built a RESTful API leveraging Node.js and Redis. A retrospective analysis of things like tooling, testing, surprises and gotchas were also discussed.

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Intro to HBase & Intro to HBase Internals

Aug 022012
 
 HBase

 

In this talk from the HBase NYC group, hear Alex Baranau, Software Engineer at Sematext International, give an Introduction to HBase.

 

This presentation will consist of two parts and will cover the “Introduction to HBase” and “Introduction to HBase Internals” topics. In the first part you’ll hear about the key features of HBase and their importance, what HBase setups look like, HBase usage patterns, and when to choose HBase. The second part will cover some aspects of HBase underlying architecture, as well as some schema design insights. Understanding this will help HBase users make better use of this powerful database technology and avoid common mistakes.

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