WebFund 2015W Lecture 1

The audio from the lecture given on January 5, 2015 is now available.

Video is also available, however the audio track is silent.

If anyone manages to merge the audio and video, please contact Prof. Somayaji!

Notes

The Web

Client Web Browser - requests "web pages" (JavaScript)

Server Web Server - serves "web pages" (JavaScript)

Modern Web: - downloaded programs talking to programs

Web = HTML + CSS + JavaScript

node.js

- built on async I/O

read(source, buf, callback); do something with buf

- data not available, program waits (blocks)

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