JavaScript in the Cloud

A presentation at Women Who Code Melbourne, Lightning Talks in in Melbourne VIC, Australia by Melissa Houghton

JavaScript in the Cloud

JavaScript in the Cloud

What is the cloud?

What is the cloud?

Servers

Servers

There is no cloud It’s just someone else’s computer

There is no cloud It’s just someone else’s computer

What is JavaScript?

What is JavaScript?

History of JavaScript

History of JavaScript

JavaScript is an operating system

JavaScript is an operating system

Node.js

Node.js

Cloud providers

Cloud providers

Tools for JavaScript Devs on the Cloud

Tools for JavaScript Devs on the Cloud

Demo

Demo

Summary

Summary

Power of JavaScript

Power of JavaScript

Atwood’s Law

Atwood’s Law

A look at all the fun stuff you can do with JavaScript, in the cloud!

Traditionally, JavaScript is the language of the web, and it still is. But today it’s so much more. With the advent of server-side JavaScript and JavaScript support in major cloud platforms, JavaScript’s power increased dramatically.

From building, maintaining, optimising and deploying, the end to end development and delivery process is possible with JavaScript in the cloud.

Cloud platforms give us the tools, elasticity and scalability to create high performing applications without managing the physical infrastructure.

Take advantage of the cloud while using a language you already know: JavaScript!

Resources

The following resources were mentioned during the presentation or are useful additional information.