Learning to write applications in Node.js

Books and videos so you can easily learn Node.js programming

(Thu Jun 14 2018 11:19:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time))

Have you heard about Node.js, but aren't sure what it is? Maybe you know about this exciting new software development platform, Node.js, but don't know where to start learning it? Maybe someone told you Node.js is JavaScript for server-side environments, which left you extremely confused? Or maybe you've never heard of server-side-JavaScript, and think JavaScript only runs inside web pages? The following resources will help you learn how to develop in JavaScript not inside a web browser, but on the server, using the Node.js platform.

Node.js is an exciting new platform for developing web applications, application servers, any sort of network server or client, and general purpose programming. It is designed for extreme scalability in networked applications through an ingenious combination of server-side JavaScript, asynchronous I/O, and asynchronous programming. Its claimed that the event-driven architecture gives a low memory footprint, high throughput, a better latency profile under load, and a simpler programming model. All this makes it an attractive platform for web application development.

New Book: Asynchronous JavaScript with Promises, Generators and async/await

(Sun Jan 01 2017 11:19:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)) The JavaScript language is changing, and among the changes are three new features which will revolutionize the way we write asynchronous code in JavaScript. The problem with the old callback-oriented asynchronous coding practice is the Callback Hell resulting from stacking callbacks within callbacks within callbacks. Between Promises, Generators and the proposed async/await feature, JavaScript programmers can largely free themselves from Callback Hell, and write clean asynchronous code that's easier to write, easier to understand, easier to maintain, and more robust.

How do function(err,data) callbacks work in Node?

(Tue Dec 17 2013 17:38:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)) Those new to Node programming might find the callback function pattern a little difficult to understand.  For example how does the data get into the arguments to the function call, and how does the callback function get called?

Node Web Development 2nd edition has been released!!

(Tue Jul 30 2013 12:05:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time))

Node Cookbook is great for deeper understanding of Node.js programming

(Wed Oct 31 2012 12:53:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time))