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Node.js Projects
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Node.js Projects

by Jonathan Wexler
August 2025
Intermediate to advanced
372 pages
8h 31m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 2. Practical Application

This chapter covers the following:

  • Getting started with a Node app

  • Reading user input on the command line

  • Writing data to a CSV

Whether you are new to programming or a seasoned engineer, you probably opened this chapter to get started with Node. Many Node projects span thousands of lines of code, but some of the most useful and practical applications can be written in only a handful of lines. Let’s skip the part where you get overwhelmed and jump into the practical application.

In this chapter, you’ll get a first glance at what Node can offer out of the box and off the grid. You will learn to build a simple program that can run on anyone’s computer and save real people real time and money. By the end of the chapter, you’ll have Node locked and loaded on your computer with a development environment ready to build practically anything.

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