An Introduction to Luvit
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Luvit is a new open source asynchronous framework. We will dive into what this project does, how it works, and what the goals are for the future.
Description
Luvit is a new asynchronous framework similar to Node.js based on Lua. Tim Caswell created the project and it is released under an Apache 2 license.
Luvit is faster than Node.js, uses less memory, and is ideal for certain environments. The following topics will be covered:
- Introduction to Luvit – HTTP Server Example, Object Model
- Practical Uses – Embedded, Virtual Servers, Mobile Devices
- Call for Help – Developers, Documentation, How to Contribute
Speaking experience
OSB 2011 2009, linux plumbers 2009 2010, Ignite Portland, various internal conferences.
Speaker
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- Website: http://ifup.org/
- Blog: http://ifup.org/
- Twitter: BrandonPhilips
- Favorites: View Brandon's favorites
Biography
Brandon is the Developer Happiness Engineer at Rackspace/Cloudkick in San Francisco. Previously he worked as a Kernel developer at Novell/SuSE Labs.
He has presented at several technical conferences in the past including FreedomHEC Taipei, Linux Plumbers Conf and Ignite Portland 2 . In his spare time he tinkers with electronics and software, bikes, hikes and builds robots. For more information checkout his site.
Sessions
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- Title: Libuv: The Power Underneath Node.js
- Track: Chemistry
- Room: B204
- Time: 1:30 – 2:15pm
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Excerpt:
Learn about the magic that powers nodejs and has enabled other projects
to do cross platform non blocking io goodness. - Speakers: Brandon Philips
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- Title: An Introduction to Luvit
- Track: Chemistry
- Room: B201
- Time: 4:45 – 5:30pm
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Excerpt:
Luvit is a new open source asynchronous framework. We will dive into what this project does, how it works, and what the goals are for the future.
- Speakers: Brandon Philips