October 2013
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
13h 2m
English
This chapter covers
In this chapter, you’ll become familiar with the tools Node provides for creating HTTP servers, and you’ll get acquainted with the fs (filesystem) module, which is necessary for serving static files. You’ll also learn how to handle other common web application needs, such as creating low-level RESTful web services, accepting user input through HTML forms, monitoring file upload progress, and securing a web application with Node’s Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
At Node’s core is a powerful streaming HTTP parser consisting ...