Node Cookbook - Third Edition

Preface

The principles of asynchronous event-driven programming are perfect for today's web, where efficient, high-concurrency applications are essential for good user experience and a company's bottom line.

The use of Node for tooling and server-side logic with a browser-based, client-side UI leads to a full-stack unilingual experience--everything is JavaScript. This saves developers, architects, project leads, and entire teams the cognitive energy of context-switching between languages, and yields rapid, fluid development cycles.

With a thriving community and success stories and investment from major organizations (such as Netflix, IBM, Capital One, Groupon, RedHat, PayPal, Fidelity, and more), Node.js is relevant to enthusiasts, start-ups, ...