HTTP/2 in Node.js Core (Interview)

In this special episode recorded at Node Interactive 2016 in Austin, TX Adam talked with James Snell (IBM Technical Lead for Node and member of Node’s TSC and CTC) about the work he’s doing on Node’s implementation of http2, the state of http2 in Node, what this new spec has to offer, and what the Node community can expect from this new protocol.

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• James Snell – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

This episode is a preview of our upcoming “Future of Node.js” series recorded at Node Interactive 2016 in Austin, TX. The series is produced in partnership with Node.js Foundation and sponsored by IBM. We’ll be releasing the full series soon on our new podcast “Spotlight”. If you haven’t subscribed to Changelog Master yet, which includes all the podcasts we produce, now would be a good time to do so. You can also subscribe to Changelog Weekly where we announce all the new things we’re up to.

• Checkout the http2 repo James is working on
• Watch the talk James gave at Node Interactive — Implementing HTTP/2 for Node.js Core by James Snell
• Watch all the talks from Node Interactive
• Checkout Spotlight, our new show around big announcements, conferences, the hallway track, behind the scenes — meaningful conversations with real people in the community.

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