Sams Teach Yourself Node.js In 24 Hours

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours will help you master the Node.js platform and use it to build server-side applications with extraordinary speed and scalability. Using this texts straightforward, step-by-step approach, youll move from basic installation, configuration, and programming all the way through real-time messaging between browser and server, testing and deployment. Every lesson and case-study application builds on what youve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Node.js development tasks.

Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.

By the Way notes present valuable additional information related to the discussion.

Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.

Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.

Learn how to

   Create end-to-end applications entirely in JavaScript

   Master essential Node.js concepts like callbacks and quickly create your first program

   Create basic sites with the HTTP module and Express web framework

   Manage data persistence with Node.js and MongoDB

   Debug and test Node.js applications

   Deploy Node.js applications to thirdparty services, such as Heroku and Nodester

   Build powerful real-time solutions, from chat servers to Twitter clients

   Create JSON APIs using JavaScript on the server

   Use core components of the Node.js API, including processes, child processes, events, buffers, and streams

   Create and publish a Node.js module