Learning Node.js: A Hands-On Guide to Building Web Applications in JavaScript

by Marc Wandschneider

Learning Node.js A Hands-On Guide to Building Web Applications in JavaScript Node.js makes it far easier to create fast, compact, and reliable web/network applications and web servers, and is rapidly becoming indispensable to modern web developers. Learning Node.js brings together the knowledge and JavaScript code you need to build master the Node.js platform and build server-side applications with extraordinary speed and scalability. You’ll start by installing and running Node.js, understanding the extensions it uses, and quickly writing your first app. Next, building on the basics, you’ll write more capable application servers and extend them with today’s most powerful Node.js tools and modules. Finally, you’ll discover today’s best practices for testing, running Node.js code on production servers, and writing command-line utilities. Throughout the book, author Marc Wandschneider teaches by walking you line-by-line through carefully crafted examples, demonstrating proven techniques for creating highly efficient applications and servers. Build Node.js solutions that leverage your current JavaScript skills Master Node.js nonblocking IO and async programming Handle more requests and increase your application’s flexibility Use and write your own modules Perform common JSON/web server tasks Use browsers to generate pages on the fly via Ajax calls and template libraries Simplify development with the express framework Create database back-ends using popular NoSQL and relational databases Deploy and run Node.js apps on Unix/OS X or Windows servers Take advantage of multiprocessor hardware Support virtual hosts and SSL/HTTPS security Test Node.js programs that mix synchronous, async, and RESTful server API functionality

Genres: Programming, Technology

304 pages, Paperback

First published June 13, 2013

Reviews

[Hassan Sani · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Good intro to Node.js. well structure and detailed.

[Lime Street Labrador · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad but not that good either as the writings and organisation are a bit difficult to understand. Concepts are not well introduced and examples are poor.

[Lacie · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, I don't have any other coding language books to compare this to, but I had to learn Node.js really fast, and this book was really useful in getting me up to speed on the concept, architecture, coding and usage conventions, etc. I probably wouldn't recommend this for someone starting out to program (there are some syntactical errors in the code that come up during execution, and I personally find the coding style used by the book -- semi-colon, spacing, etc. -- occasionally annoying), but if you already understand javascript and have used package managers for coding languages before (and therefore are over raising a stink about such things), this will get you up to speed. I read this on Safari Books Online, worked through and played with the example code, and was well on my way on my first project: developing an API test suite.

Oh yeah... SBO also has some videos to go along with this too, which might be helpful for explaining some of the diagrams in the early chapters.

[LOS]

Going to re-read a few times :)