Learning Node

Take your web development skills from browser to server with Node―and learn how to write fast, highly scalable network applications on this JavaScript-based platform. Updated for the latest Node Long Term Support (LTS) and Node Current (6.0) releases, this hands-on edition helps you master Node’s core fundamentals and gain experience with several built-in and contributed modules.

Get up to speed on Node’s event-driven, asynchronous I/O model for developing data-intensive applications that are frequently accessed but computationally simple. If you’re comfortable working with JavaScript, this book provides many programming and deployment examples to help you take advantage of server-side development with Node.

• Explore the frameworks and functionality for full-stack Node development
• Dive into Node’s module system and package management support
• Test your application or module code on the fly with Node’s REPL console
• Use core Node modules to build web applications and an HTTP server
• Learn Node’s support for networks, security, and sockets
• Access operating system functionality with child processes
• Learn tools and techniques for Node development and production
• Use Node in microcontrollers, microcomputers, and the Internet of Things

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Node Environment

Chapter 2. Node Building Blocks: Global Objects, Events, and Node’s Asynchronous Nature

Chapter 3. Basics of Node Modules and Node Package Manager (npm)

Chapter 4. Interactive Node with REPL and More on the Console

Chapter 5. Node and the Web

Chapter 6. Node and the Local System

Chapter 7. Networking, Sockets, and Security

Chapter 8. Child Processes

Chapter 9. Node and ES6

Chapter 10. Full-Stack Node Development

Chapter 11. Node in Development and Production

Chapter 12. Node in New Environments

About the Author

Shelley Powers has been working with, and writing about, web technologies–from the first release of JavaScript to the latest graphics and design tools–for more than 12 years. Her recent O’Reilly books have covered the semantic web, Ajax, JavaScript, and web graphics. She’s an avid amateur photographer and web development aficionado, who enjoys applying her latest experiments on her many web sites.