---
layout: meetup
title: Introducing Node.js + Scripty
author: jmccann
when: 2010-07-20T19:30:00-05:00
speakers:
  - name: Joe McCann
    title: Senior Technologist at [frog design](http://frogdesign.com)
    avatar: https://2010.texasjavascript.com/images/joe_mccann.jpg
    bio: Joe McCann is a Senior Technologist at [frog design](http://frogdesign.com), Principal at [subPrint Interactive](http://subprint.com), and founder and curator of the Austin JavaScript meetup group. With professional work experience ranging from the music and fashion industries to Wall Street and the web, Joe’s current passion lies in creating decadent user experiences whether the targeted medium is the web, mobile applications, desktop software, or even a new medium altogether and the targeted device ranges a from mobile phone to an iPad or even a new, proprietary device altogether.
    email:
    homepage:
    twitter: joemccann
    github:
    linkedin:
  - name: Andrew Dupont
    title:
    avatar: https://2010.texasjavascript.com/images/andrew_dupont.jpg
    bio: Andrew Dupont is a web front-end developer and co-maintainer of [Prototype](http://www.prototypejs.org/), the widely-used JavaScript framework. He is the author of *Practical Prototype & script.aculo.us*, published by Apress.
    email:
    homepage:
    twitter: andrewdupont
    github:
    linkedin:
sponsor:
venue: frog
after: gingerman
organizers:
  - jmccann
  - ksimpson
---

The July meetup details consist of some client side and server side JavaScript discussions. Joe McCann will be providing some info on the ultra hot web server and web app framework Node.js while Andrew Dupont educates us on the latest and greatest features of scripty2.

## Introducing Node.js

Joe will be introducing [Node.js][3], an [evented][4] [I/O][5] [framework][6] for the [V8 JavaScript engine][7].  Node.js is intended to be used to write scalable network programs such as web servers.  However, Node can also be used as a web app framework in addition to its use as a web server.  Joe will be showing some very high level uses of Node (Hello World), but also some more practical uses including the use of the [Express framework][8] and even an example of using [WebSockets][9] with Node.

## Scripty — Successor to script.aculo.us

The long alpha period of [scripty2][11], the successor to [script.aculo.us][12], is nearing a close. Andrew will give a tour of the new scripty2 effects engine — complete with support for CSS transitions and hardware-accelerated animation — and show you the new UI components which boast full compatibility with jQuery UI themes.

[3]: http://nodejs.org
[4]: /wiki/Event-driven_architecture "Event-driven architecture"
[5]: /wiki/I/O "I/O"
[6]: /wiki/Software_framework "Software framework"
[7]: /wiki/V8_JavaScript_engine "V8 JavaScript engine"
[8]: http://expressjs.com
[9]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSockets
[10]: http://www.prototypejs.org/
[11]: http://scripty2.com/
[12]: http://script.aculo.us/
