step one in digital transformation - node summit 2016 - dan shaw

August 12, 2016

Step One inDigital Transformation

Dan Shaw, CTO of NodeSource

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Why so angry, dshaw?

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Dan ShawCTO and Co-Founder of NodeSource.

Node.js startup veteran: Storify, Spreecast, Voxer, ClassDojo.

Podcast host of NodeUp.

Created NodeBots Day, NodeBots SF, SFNode, and EnterpriseJS.

Before Node.js did large-scale contractingin Defense, Health Care and Education. Primarily Java backend and JavaScript frontend.

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NodeSource is the Enterprise Node.js company offering the only commercial version of Node.js explicitly focused on the needs of Enterprise users of Node.js.

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Why Digital Transformation?

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Why Digital Transformation?

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Why Digital Tranformation?• Every company is now a technology company• Modernizing systems has become a top priority• Users expect consistent experiences across all

platforms• Everything is an API


Monoliths


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Proud Legacy• Monoliths can be faster, until they’re not• 2 years is too long to complete first steps• Build agile muscle and experience cross-functionally• Platform for change• Re-consolidation is OK


Transformation Models

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Accelerating Digital Transformation

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Core Team• Bring together diverse skill sets across key functional

areas• + JavaScript expertise• + Server-side expertise (Service-side)• + Legacy system expertise/focus• + DevOps expertise/focus



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Minimum Viable Round-trip Effort• Full core team participation• Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery

prioritized• Measure, Iterate, Learn, Repeat


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“Proxies All The Way Down”

- Ryan Dahl


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Proxy-First App


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Step One• Assemble core team (include DevOps early!)• Benchmark legacy application• Add proxy-first application• Benchmark proxy-first app (+legacy application)

• Ship to production 🚢


Only 6ms of added latency


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Next Steps• Easy to return to known system state• Transform, modify, or replace downstream• Benchmark• Add functionality and repeat


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Node.js DevOps Stack:#nsolidkube

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Fastest Path to the Node.js DevOps Stack• The NodeSource Platform: N|Solid• Docker Containers• Kubernetes

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Get Started Now with Node.js DevOps Stack

• https://github.com/nodesource/nsolid-kubernetes• #nsolidkube

https://github.com/nodesource/nsolid-kubernetes


Demo Time:Step One on #nsolidkube


http://nsrc.io/nsolid-kube

http://nsrc.io/nsolid-kube

Thank you.Dan Shaw

@dshaw

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