Michael Dawson

Michael Dawson

Michael Dawson is an active contributor to the Node.js project and chair of the Node.js Technical Steering Committee(TSC). He contributes to a broad range of community efforts including platform support, build infrastructure, Node-API, Release, as well as tools to help the community achieve quality with speed (ex: ci jobs, benchmarking and code coverage reporting). As the Node.js lead for Red Hat and IBM , he works with Red Hat's and IBM's internal teams to plan and facilitate their contribution

Sessions Montréal 2025

Node.js - What’s new and what’s next

Session en anglais - Débutant

Learn about new features and key initiatives in the latest versions of Node.js, and discover the direction of the Node.js project with a focus on the Next-10 team's work. Gain practical knowledge on how to leverage new technology within Node.js and find out how you can get involved and make an impact. This talk will provide a comprehensive update on all aspects of Node.js.

Node.js and JavaScript at the Edge

Session en anglais - Débutant

As IoT devices evolve into devices capable of advanced processing at the network edge, using Node.js in these systems makes more and more sense. I'll share a typical journey starting with manual installation of Node.js applications on edge devices to automated deployment using cluster management tools. Along the way I’ll share my gas station edge device built with Node.js, Next.js and a Raspberry PI 4.