about the technology

Node.js delivers the speed and reliability you need for ecommerce, social media, and gaming applications. It comes with thousands of prebuilt packages to help you get started immediately. If you want to use JavaScript on the server, Node.js is your choice.

about the book

Get Programming with Node.js teaches you to build web servers using JavaScript and Node. In this engaging tutorial, you’ll work through eight complete projects, from writing the code for your first web server to adding live chat to a web app. Your hands will stay on the keyboard as you explore the most important aspects of the Node development process, including security, database management, authenticating user accounts, and deploying to production. You’ll especially appreciate the easy-to-follow discussions, illuminating diagrams, and carefully explained code!

what's inside

• New features from ES2015 and later
• Writing asynchronous code
• Creating data models
• Debugging JavaScript modules

about the reader

Written for front-end web developers with intermediate JavaScript skills.

about the author

Jonathan Wexler is skilled in production-grade, full-stack web development. He’s a senior developer with Bloomberg.