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Node Fireside Chat Spring 2018

In this fireside chat, Joyent Product Engineers David Neal, Lloyd Benson, Wyatt Lyon Preul, and Colin Ihrig discuss the upcoming Joyent web console revamp with Casey Bisson, Joyent's Director of Product. The group will discuss the decisions and technologies involved in the design, development, and deployment of the new portal throughout Joyent's cloud.

Topics covered

Node.js centric architecture, including:

• hapi.js application servers
  
• GraphQL as a data abstraction layer
  
• React front end
  
• nginx as an API gateway
  

Deployments managed via Jenkins, including:

• Automated builds and publication to Dockerhub.
  
• Cloudflare for managing blue-green deploys.
  

Debugging and monitoring of the system, including:

• The capture of core dumps on error.
  
• OpenTracing for tracking requests through the system.
  

Helpful Links

• Node.js
  
• hapi.js
  
• GraphQL
  
• Nightmare.js
  
• React
  
• nginx
  
• Docker
  
• Jenkins
  
• OpenTracing
  
• Joyent Node.js Enterprise Support
  

Speakers

Casey Bisson

https://github.com/misterbisson
https://twitter.com/misterbisson

Wyatt Preul

https://github.com/geek
https://twitter.com/wpreul

Colin Ihrig

https://github.com/cjihrig
https://twitter.com/cjihrig

Lloyd Benson

https://github.com/lloydbenson
https://twitter.com/LloydWith2Ls

David Neal

https://github.com/reverentgeek
https://twitter.com/reverentgeek

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