Node.js in Practice

by Alex R. Young, Marc Harter

Summary

Node.js in Practice is a collection of fully tested examples that offer solutions to the common and not-so-common issues you face when you roll out Node. You'll dig into important topics like the ins and outs of event-based programming, how and why to use closures, how to structure applications to take advantage of end-to-end JavaScript apps, and more.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Book

You've decided to use Node.js for your next project and you need the skills to implement Node in production. It would be great to have Node experts Alex Young and Marc Harter at your side to help you tackle those day-to-day challenges. With this book, you can!

Node.js in Practice is a collection of 115 thoroughly tested examples and instantly useful techniques guaranteed to make any Node application go more smoothly. Following a common-sense Problem/Solution format, these experience-fueled techniques cover important topics like event-based programming, streams, integrating external applications, and deployment. The abundantly annotated code makes the examples easy to follow, and techniques are organized into logical clusters, so it's a snap to find what you're looking for.

Written for readers who have a practical knowledge of JavaScript and the basics of Node.js.

What's Inside

About the Authors

Alex Young is a seasoned JavaScript developer who blogs regularly at DailyJS. Marc Harter works daily on large-scale projects including high-availability real-time applications, streaming interfaces, and other data-intensive systems.

Table of Contents

Genres: Coding, Computer Science, Programming

424 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 2013

Reviews

[Anton Antonov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid NodeJS book that teaches you how to use NodeJS strong points.

Part 1 is definitely a must-read and really well explains NodeJs buffers and streams. No bullshit, only quality stuff. Probably my most favourite NodeJS book part/section I've read.

I really like the "problem, discussion, solution" approach of the book.
It makes reading and understanding the contents much better.

Part 2 is the standard nodejs webapp bullshit that you can skip.

Part 3 is relatively short - only one chapter on writing node modules, but it covers interesting topics such as benchmarking, sem versioning (finally people will learn how to use/understand it).


I would recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn how to properly utilize Node's strong points.

[Majid Hajian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I recommend this book specially first 4 chapters which are principles of Node, However, the book is a bit outdated and need to be updated.

[Hays Hutton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a solid, in depth book on using node.

[Frank Palardy · Rating 4 out of 5]

JavaScript was always confusing so books focused on trying to explain it. This is one of the few that shows it in action.

[Qiang Li · Rating 3 out of 5]

a good view of some apis