Chapter 2. Node programming fundamentals
This chapter covers
- Organizing your code into modules
- Handling one-off events with callbacks
- Handling repeating events with event emitters
- Implementing serial and parallel flow control
- Using flow-control tools
Node, unlike many open source platforms, is easy to set up and doesn’t require much in terms of memory and disk space. No complex integrated development environments or build systems are required. Some fundamental knowledge will, however, help you a lot when starting out. In this chapter, we address two challenges that new Node developers face:
- How to organize your code
- How asynchronous programming works
In this chapter, you’ll learn important asynchronous programming techniques that ...
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