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Event Emitter & Streams

Investigate EventEmitters and the event module (Tom & Steve)

• What are event emitters and event listeners?
• What's the observer pattern aka the publish/ subscribe pattern?

Investigate Streams and the stream module (Nick & Shireen)

• What are streams?
• What types of streams are there?
• What are pipes?
• Can you think of any examples you use in your command-line?

(All)

These concepts can get quite abstract. What are some common examples of EventEmitters and Streams in node we're likely to come across as a group? Can you think of any small program ideas or code samples you can use to demonstrate and talk through these concepts with the group?