The Hard Parts of Servers & Node.js

In this course you’ll go under the hood of Node.js in two contrasting ways - by understanding how to develop servers from intuitive first-principles (HTTP, TCP/IP, Ports, Loopback, SSH) and by understanding the JavaScript features that make up Node (the event loop, streams, buffers, asynchronicity, prototypes). Taking these two approaches together you will develop a deeper understanding of servers, Node, and JavaScript itself!

• Introduction
• Node Overview
• JavaScript, Node & The Computer
• Executing JavaScript Code Review
• Executing Node Code
• Calling Node with JavaScript
• Calling Methods in Node
• Calling a Function Under the Hood
• Creating a Server Under the Hood
• Creating a Server Summary
• Node Under the Hood Q&A
• Request & Response with Node
• Express Q&A
• Preparing for HTTPRequestObject
• Parsing HTTPRequestObject
• HTTP Response in Node
• HTTP Request & Response Q&A
• Response Headers
• Intro to Require in Node
• JavaScript Node Development
• Cloud Node Development
• Local Node Development
• Node Pair Programming Setup
• Error Handling in Node
• Event Handling in Node
• Modifying the Node Server
• Node Event Handling in Action
• Introducing the File System API
• Importing with fs
• Reading from the File System with fs
• Call Stack Introduction
• File System Q&A
• Introducing Node Streams
• Node Streams Overview
• Setting Up the Stream
• Processing Data in Batches
• Checking the Callback Queue
• Node Streams Q&A
• Introduction to Asynchronicity
• Timer Queue
• IO Queue
• Check Queue
• Event Loop Completion
• Microtask & Close Queues
• Priority of Queue Execution
• Asynchronicity in Node Q&A
• Wrapping Up