Book description
Solve practical real-world problems using JavaScript and Node.js
About This Book
Learn the concepts of Node.js to gain a high-level understanding of the Node.js execution model
Build an interactive web application with MongoDB and Redis and create your own JavaScript modules that work both on the client side and server side
Familiarize yourself with the new features of Node.js and JavaScript with this exclusive step-by-step guide
Who This Book Is For
This book is for developers who want to learn JavaScript and Node.js. Previous experience with programming is desired, but no JavaScript or Node.js knowledge is required. The book focuses mostly on web development, such as networking, serving dynamic pages, and real-time client-server communication.
What You Will Learn
Understand which problems Node.js best solves
Write idiomatic JavaScript and Node.js code
Build web applications and command-line tools
Minimise complexity and efficiently solve difficult problems
Test and deploy Node.js applications
Work with persistent data
Implement real-time client-server applications
Integrate .NET and Node.js code
In Detail
Node.js is an open source, cross-platform runtime environment that allows you to use JavaScript to develop server-side web applications.
This short guide will help you develop applications using JavaScript and Node.js, leverage your existing programming skills from .NET or Java, and make the most of these other platforms through understanding the Node.js programming model. You will learn how to build web applications and APIs in Node, discover packages in the Node.js ecosystem, test and deploy your Node.js code, and more. Finally, you will discover how to integrate Node.js and .NET code.
Style and approach
This is a step-by-step and practical guide to Node.js for .Net developers. It covers the fundamentals relating to typical applications. The focus is on providing the practical skills required to develop applications, with a summary of the key concepts covered.
Table of contents
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Learning Node.js for .NET Developers
- Table of Contents
- Learning Node.js for .NET Developers
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewer
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Why Node.js?
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2. Getting Started with Node.js
- Installing and running Node.js
- Choosing an editor
- Using an application framework
- Summary
- 3. A JavaScript Primer
- 4. Introducing Node.js Modules
- 5. Creating Dynamic Websites
- 6. Testing Node.js Applications
- 7. Setting up an Automated Build
- 8. Mastering Asynchronicity
- 9. Persisting Data
- 10. Creating Real-time Web Apps
- 11. Deploying Node.js Applications
- 12. Authentication in Node.js
- 13. Creating JavaScript Packages
- 14. Node.js and Beyond
- Index
Product information
- Title: Learning Node.js for .NET Developers
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2016
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781785280092
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