This goes over a bit of what node.js is, why you might want to use it, and how to use it with your PHP projects.

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3.  Go over what node.js is
 What good is node.js?
 Different ways to use it with PHP
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5. node.js is a server-side implementation of the
GoogleV8 JavaScript engine
In broad terms, it does the same job as PHP but
with JavaScript
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7.  It’s JavaScript
 npm is pretty awesome
 It’s fast
 There’s a huge community
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8.  It’s just JavaScript, nothing fancy
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10.  node.js
 Silex
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11.  Background tasks
 Server-side scripts
 API endpoints
 Websites
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13.  Call node.js just like any other program
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15.  Push something into a redis via PHP, and
have node.js listen and react
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16.  PHP and node.js connect to a redis channel
 PHP publish something to the channel
 node.js gets the message and reacts
 Really good for reacting to events, but
requires node.js to be listening
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17.  Same idea, but the work sits there until
someone deals with it
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18.  Allows two-way communication from the
browser to the server
 Most browsers should support it
 Use socket.io to handle old browsers
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