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Node: Up and Running

by Tom Hughes-Croucher, Mike Wilson

April 2012

Intermediate to advanced

204 pages

5h 42m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Introduction
Tom’s Thanks

Installing Node.js
Node REPLA First Server
High-Performance Web ServersProfessionalism in JavaScriptBrowser Wars 2.0
Building a Chat Server
The Event Loop
The I/O Problem SpaceUnordered parallel I/OOrdered serial I/O
Error HandlingUsing Multiple Processors
EventsEventEmitterCallback Syntax
HTTP ServersHTTP ClientsMaking HTTP GET requestsUploading data for HTTP POST and PUTThe ClientResponse objectURLquerystring
StreamsReadable streamsFilesystemBuffersA quick primer on binaryBinary and stringsUsing BuffersWorking with stringsconsole.log
DNS
HashingHMACPublic Key CryptographyEncrypting with CipherDecrypting with DecipherCreating signatures using SignVerifying signatures with Verify
process Moduleprocess eventsInteracting with the current Node processOperating system input/outputprocess.stdinprocess.stderrEvent loop and tickersChild Processchild_process.exec( )child_process.spawn( )
NoSQL and Document StoresCouchDBInstallationInstalling CouchDBInstalling CouchDB’s Node moduleUsing CouchDB over HTTPUsing node-couchdbWorking with databasesCreating documentsReading documentsUpdating documentsDeleting documentsRedisInstallationInstalling RedisInstalling Redis’s Node moduleBasic usageHashesListsSetsSorted setsSubscriptionsSecuring RedisMongoDBMongoDB native driverInstallationData typesWriting recordsMongooseInstallationDefining schemasManipulating collectionsPerformance
MySQLUsing NodeDBInstallationSelectionInsertionUpdatingDeletionSequelizePostgreSQLInstallationSelectionInsertion, updates, and deletion
RabbitMQInstalling RabbitMQPublish and subscribeWork queues
ExpressA Basic Express AppSetting Up Routes in ExpressHandling Form DataTemplate EnginesLayouts and partial viewsMiddlewareMiddleware factories
NamespacesUsing Socket.IO with Express
Modules
Searching PackagesCreating PackagesPublishing PackagesLinking

Overview

This book introduces you to Node, the new web development framework written in JavaScript. You'll learn hands-on how Node makes life easier for experienced JavaScript developers: not only can you work on the front end and back end in the same language, you'll also have more flexibility in choosing how to divide application logic between client and server.

Written by a core contributor to the framework, Node: Up and Running shows you how Node scales up to support large numbers of simultaneous connections across multiple servers, and scales down to let you create quick one-off applications with minimal infrastructure. Built on the V8 JavaScript engine that runs Google Chrome, Node is already winning the hearts and minds of many companies, including Google and Yahoo! This book shows you why.

Understand Node's event-loop architecture, non-blocking I/O, and event-driven programming
Discover how Node supports a variety of database and data storage tools
Learn best practices for writing easy-to-maintain code for Node
Get concrete examples of how to use the various Node APIs in practice
Take advantage of the book’s complete API reference