Tonight, Monday, February 20 at 7:00 pm, we’re holding a NodeDC meetup at Fathom Creative at 1333 14th Street NW (at Rhode Island). This month we’re teaming up with the DCjQuery folks to bring together a bigger crowd who is interested in all things JavaScript. There are three lightning talks on the lineup:

• Dylan Greene will present HTML Canvas and show how he’s using it on the drawing game DoodleOrDie.

• Ryan Roemer will talk about async.js.

• Jafar Amjad will present on making a Node.js multiplayer site, specifically one that uses a low amount of bandwidth per player and features lasers, gravity, and walk cycles via animated gif’s. Check out his early beta version for a preview.

It should be a fun time to meet Node.js, jQuery, and JavaScript developers, share experiences, and learn what everyone is up to. Grab a six pack or some snacks to contribute to the group, and come on out tonight at 7:00 pm.

NodeDC holds a meetup once a month, usually on the third Monday of the month. Watch the website and follow @NodeDC on Twitter for updates.