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October 31, 2023
Astonishing! It is the one of the most useful professional books I read. And the fact it’s free is even more surprising.
As a front-end developer, I felt a passion for Node.js and how it works under the hood. I read some articles about JIT, V8, Event Loop and others, but it was still hard to understand. Reading Flavio Copes' book is the first time I read about that topics and understood everything.
+: Nice size, not too short or too bulky
+: Easy to understand, a lot of examples from the real world
+: It's free
-: I would change the order of sections in the beginning so they will be even easier to understand
As a front-end developer, I felt a passion for Node.js and how it works under the hood. I read some articles about JIT, V8, Event Loop and others, but it was still hard to understand. Reading Flavio Copes' book is the first time I read about that topics and understood everything.
+: Nice size, not too short or too bulky
+: Easy to understand, a lot of examples from the real world
+: It's free
-: I would change the order of sections in the beginning so they will be even easier to understand
February 19, 2020
This book is written by Flavio Copes, an Italian computer-science writer who maintains his own blog (linked below). He has written many blog posts in English about relevant topics of interest to software developers. He seems to have transformed many of these blog posts into books and has independently published these. Some of these books are even freely downloadable with the sole cost of signing up for a free email list.
Overall, though presumably more comfortable with communicating in Italian, Copes grasps the salient issues of software technology directly and expresses his technical thoughts clearly in the English language. He provides comprehensive coverage of topics relevant to people new to the technology. He hits on issues that most people exposed to computer science look for when they come into contact with a new package. However, his audience in this work is limited to more experienced programmers. (A beginner would need to read his handbook on JavaScript first before diving into this more advanced topic.) Further, he addresses the points important to the practice of computer programming and does not address issues relevant to business concerns, such as maintainability and ease of adaptation.
From the bio on his blog, Copes seemingly writes about technical topics full time – a setup that gives him a lot of freedom to undertake research about relevant packages. He approaches his writing as an experienced software developer interested in an English-language audience. His coverage thorough, and he uses computer code as the base of his compositions. After (even while) perusing the book, the reader is well positioned to begin fiddling with Node.js in order to gain more mastery.
Node.js is a JavaScript framework that can serve as a web server. It is traditionally part of a JavaScript-heavy software stack (nicknamed MEAN) that includes MongoDB, Express.js, AngularJS, and Node.js. JavaScript used to be synonymous with slow, but as Copes explains, modern Javascript is often compiled by the browser. Thus, it can efficiently act as a quick server. Interestingly, though MongoDB (NoSQL) traditionally serves as a JavaScript-integrated, JSON-structured database, Copes addresses traditional MySQL integration directly towards the end of this handbook.
Copes’ work allows the reader to envision how to gain proficiency in a MEAN stack and become more comfortable with modern JavaScript syntax. Many companies market directly for workers with experience in specific stacks (like MEAN and LAMPP) to achieve specific engineering goals. Copes can bridge the reader from first hearing about the technology to the point where she/he is using the technology to understand how to use it. He does so directly, succinctly, and with interesting topics. This work is recommended to software developers who are curious at expanding their intellectual portfolio.
Overall, though presumably more comfortable with communicating in Italian, Copes grasps the salient issues of software technology directly and expresses his technical thoughts clearly in the English language. He provides comprehensive coverage of topics relevant to people new to the technology. He hits on issues that most people exposed to computer science look for when they come into contact with a new package. However, his audience in this work is limited to more experienced programmers. (A beginner would need to read his handbook on JavaScript first before diving into this more advanced topic.) Further, he addresses the points important to the practice of computer programming and does not address issues relevant to business concerns, such as maintainability and ease of adaptation.
From the bio on his blog, Copes seemingly writes about technical topics full time – a setup that gives him a lot of freedom to undertake research about relevant packages. He approaches his writing as an experienced software developer interested in an English-language audience. His coverage thorough, and he uses computer code as the base of his compositions. After (even while) perusing the book, the reader is well positioned to begin fiddling with Node.js in order to gain more mastery.
Node.js is a JavaScript framework that can serve as a web server. It is traditionally part of a JavaScript-heavy software stack (nicknamed MEAN) that includes MongoDB, Express.js, AngularJS, and Node.js. JavaScript used to be synonymous with slow, but as Copes explains, modern Javascript is often compiled by the browser. Thus, it can efficiently act as a quick server. Interestingly, though MongoDB (NoSQL) traditionally serves as a JavaScript-integrated, JSON-structured database, Copes addresses traditional MySQL integration directly towards the end of this handbook.
Copes’ work allows the reader to envision how to gain proficiency in a MEAN stack and become more comfortable with modern JavaScript syntax. Many companies market directly for workers with experience in specific stacks (like MEAN and LAMPP) to achieve specific engineering goals. Copes can bridge the reader from first hearing about the technology to the point where she/he is using the technology to understand how to use it. He does so directly, succinctly, and with interesting topics. This work is recommended to software developers who are curious at expanding their intellectual portfolio.
July 19, 2020
Another cracking starter book from Copes. While node itself is nicely covered, the introduction to the eco system was gracefully covered. Not too much depth, but a good guide to all of the other things that you’ll need to know when starting your journey with node. I really wish I’d read this prior to starting to create apps. It would have saved me a lot of time trying to find additional tutorials for each aspect of working within the environment that node is part of.
January 6, 2019
a very good book for beginners
February 6, 2020
Great book to brush up on NodeJS. I do recommend having some prior knowledge however.
July 12, 2020
It's an Ok book for beginners like me for quickly and easily grabbing some main topics of nodejs.
November 30, 2018
A quick tutorial to catch up on the NodeJS.
Some ideas/concepts are explained in a summarized fashion to help you quickly understand NodeJS
Some ideas/concepts are explained in a summarized fashion to help you quickly understand NodeJS
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