Node.js Essential Training: Web Servers, Tests, and Deployment

Learn how to set up and communicate with web servers and test and deploy Node.js apps.

Introduction

• Going beyond the basics in Node
• What you should know
• Working with VS Code

1. The HTTP Module

• Making a request with the request method
• Making a request with the GET method
• Building a web server
• Creating a file server
• Serving JSON data

2. npm

• The package.json file
• Using import statements
• Using minimist
• Using tiny-timer
• Managing packages

3. Web Servers

• File servers with serve
• Intro to Express
• Handling POST requests
• Handling DELETE requests
• Using Express middleware

4. WebSockets

• Creating a WebSocket
• Broadcasting messages with a WebSocket
• Creating a WebSocket client with Socket.IO
• Emitting Socket.IO events

5. Node.js Testing

• Creating modular projects
• Configuring Babel with Jest
• Writing a test
• Using code coverage

Conclusion

• Next steps