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Learning Node.js: A Hands-On Guide to Building Web Applications in JavaScript, 2nd edition

Published by Addison-Wesley Professional (December 20, 2016) © 2017

  • Marc Wandschneider

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Learning Node.js brings together the knowledge and JavaScript code needed to build master the Node.js platform and build server-side applications with extraordinary speed and scalability.

Readers start by installing and running Node.js, understanding the extensions it uses, and quickly writing their first app. Next, building on the basics, they'll write more capable application servers and extend them with today’s most powerful Node.js tools and modules. Finally, readers will 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 the reader line-by-line through carefully crafted examples, demonstrating proven techniques for creating highly efficient applications and servers.

  • A clear, example-rich introduction to creating next-generation web/network apps with Node.js — the hottest new web development technology since Rails
  • Concise, readable, friendly, and 100% practical: designed to help Node.js newcomers get results fast
  • Shows how to use Node.js to write fast, compact, and reliable applications and web servers
  • Walks through JavaScript code examples line by line, teaching best practices for developing effective, efficient Node.js solutions
  • Supported by extensive resources on the author’s companion website

The second edition updates coverage of Node.js to reflect changes in the technology and how it is used in the three years since the first edition was published:

 • Explanation of Node's new versioning scheme • Updated coverage of Streams
 • New coverage of installation using pre-build installers rather than from source code • New coverage of Mongoose in the section on MongoDB
 • New information about deploying Node on Heroku and Azure • Expansion of coverage on testing

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Introduction

Part I: Learning to Walk

1. Getting Started
2. A Closer Look at JavaScript
3. Asynchronous Programming

Part II: Learning to Run

4. Writing Simple Applications
5. Modules
6. Expanding Your Web Server

Part III: Writing Web Applications

7. Building Web Applications with Express
8. Databases I: NoSQL (MongoDB)
9. Databases II: SQL (MySQL)

Part IV: Getting the Most Out of Node.js

10. Deployment and Development I: Rolling Your Own
11. Deployment and Development II: Heroku and Azure
12. Command-Line Programming
13. Testing

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