Node.js Interactive 2015

Writing filesystems is for everyone, not just systems engineers.

This talk introduces the open-source project FrontendFS, a filesystem written in Node.js that provides a file and directory abstraction on top of front-end build tasks. Using the Linux FUSE library, modifying files on a mounted FrontendFS filesystem triggers build processes in the background so something as easy as dragging and dropping files into a directory can immediately minify and gzip a JavaScript file.

Starting with a high-level introduction to filesystems, this talk will cover the architecture of virtual filesystems in Linux written using FUSE Node.js bindings and important performance considerations. The talk will focus on the power, creativity and simplicity of building open-source virtual filesystems in Linux.