WebFund 2013F Lecture 10

The audio from the lecture given on October 9, 2013 is available here.

Notes

October 9

• for question 3

http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port')....
app.set('port', process.env.PORT||3000);

• • in process.env.port you change the port
  • execve
    • program binary //path to program you want to run
    • command -line arguments
    • environment variables //variable name, variable value
      • normally inherited from parent processes
  • can set port in the shell by saying ie:
    • export PORT = 5000
  • env puts out the variables the current process has
  • can set up multiple node processes by changing the port in the shell and using the same code
• q 6 add a count to the properties of the object

END OF PREMIDTERM STUFF

• in public we basically have a static web server
• why minified?
  • Client side javascript is minified
  • removes all unnecessary characters
    • ie comments
• bootstrap needs jquery
  • so we're including bootstrap AND jquery
• jquery is foundational thing of all modern web apps
• $. or ($)
  • jquery object
• jquery is client side only
  • javascript queying of the DOM