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JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition, 5th Edition
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JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition, 5th Edition

by John Pollock
November 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
560 pages
13h 36m
English
McGraw-Hill
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Chapter 11

Introduction to Node.js

Key Skills & Concepts

   Introducing Node.js

   Installing Node.js

   Using Node Modules

   Installing a Database

   Creating a Web Server

So far in this book, you have been using browser-based JavaScript in order to add functionality to a Web page. In recent years, Node.js has come along and expanded the number of places where JavaScript can be used. Not only can you use it for browser-based applications, you can now use it for applications on a local machine or to create a Web server and use it for server-side applications.

This chapter will introduce Node.js and give you some basic information on how you can use it to create local applications. In addition, you will be introduced to a simple database ...

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ISBN: 9781260457698