Learning Node.js

Learn the basics of Node.js—a lightweight JavaScript-based platform—and how to build a simple application.

Introduction

• Get started with Node.js
• Use the exercise files

1. Introduction to Node

• Understanding Node
• Demo application overview
• Download and install Node
• Why is Javascript Node's language?
• The benefits and features of Javascript
• Asynchronous tasks and callbacks

2. Understanding npm: Node Package Manager

• Write your own module
• Manage third-party packages with npm
• What is the package.json file?

3. Reading and Writing Files

• Read from files
• Access directories
• Write to a file

4. Exploring Web Frameworks

• Node.js frameworks
• Express
• Socket.io

5. Building Your Demo App Chat Client for the Browser

• Static serving with Express
• Create your browser app
• Create a get messages service
• Create a post messages service
• Connect to Socket.io from the browser app
• Create your Socket.io event

6. Exploring Databases

• Types of data frameworks
• Set up MongoDB
• Mongoose
• Saving data to MongoDB with Mongoose

7. Improving Asynchronous Code

• Nested callbacks
• Promises
• Async/await
• Challenge: Convert into async/await
• Solution: Convert into async/await

8. Error Handling and Debugging

• Try/catch
• Finally
• Editor debugging
• Challenge: Convert for error handling
• Solution: Convert for error handling

9. Testing

• Simple test with Jasmine
• Async test with Jasmine
• Introduction to test first development
• Challenge: Write a passing test
• Solution: Write a passing test

Conclusion

• Next steps