7 Free E-Books and Tutorials for Learning and Mastering Node.js OK, we won't bore you by telling you what Node.js is again or why it's so dang hot. You want to learn Node.js? There's no completely finished Node.js book out there that we're aware of. But there's one complete book in rough draft form, two partial guides and several other great resources for learning Node.js. No more excuses: Try Node.js for $0.02 or less in just a few minutes No more excuses: Try Node.js for $0.02 or less in just a few minutes is a short tutorial from the developers of NowJS. Up and Running With Node.js Up and Running with Node.js by Tom Hughes-Croucher hasn't been officially released yet, but O'Reilly Media has released a free text preview of the book as part of its Open Feedback Publishing System. Our previous coverage of the book is here. The Node Beginner Book The Node Beginner Book by by Manuel Kiessling is a new Node.js e-book. Felix's Node.js Guide Felix's Node.js Guide got a lot of attention this week, particularly the Convincing The Boss section. Mastering Node
An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Node.js There's no shortage of Node.js tutorials out there, but most of them cover specific use cases or topics that only apply when you've already got Node up and running. I see comments every once and awhile that sound something like, "I've downloaded Node, now what?" This tutorial answers that question and explains how to get started from the very beginning. What is Node.js? A lot of the confusion for newcomers to Node is misunderstanding exactly what it is. An important thing to realize is that Node is not a webserver. Installing Node Node.js is very easy to install. I've Installed Node, now what? Once installed you'll have access to a new command called "node". $ node > console.log('Hello World'); Hello World undefined In the above example I typed "console.log('Hello World')" into the shell and hit enter. The other way to run Node is by providing it a JavaScript file to execute. hello.js console.log('Hello World'); $ node hello.js Hello World Doing Something Useful - File I/O example_log.txt
How To Node - NodeJS The Node Beginner Book » A comprehensive Node.js tutorial Let's Make a Web App: Nodepad Welcome to part 1 of Let’s Make a Web App, a new tutorial series about building a web app with Node. This series will walk you through building a web app with Node, covering all the major areas you’ll need to face when building your own applications. The app we’re going to build is a web notepad called Nodepad. Selecting Frameworks and Tools Modern web applications depend on several components: Storage: Relational database, NoSQL Storage library: simple, ORM Web server Package manager Server-side framework Client-side framework Testing libraries Version control Ultimately, the choice is down to context. In this case my criteria for selection will be based on feedback we’ve had about what our readers are interested in, and my own areas of expertise. Server-Side Building web apps with Node typically involves a framework of some kind. An example of a popular Rails-like framework is Geddy. Models: user.js, note.js Controllers: users.js, notes.js Views: index.html (item list), edit.html, new.html
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