You're reading from Node.js for Beginners A comprehensive guide to building efficient, full-featured web applications with Node.js

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803245171

Length 382 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Node.js

Concepts

Web Programming

Author (1):

Ulises Gascón

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Node.js Overview and JavaScript Language FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Node.js

3. Chapter 2: Setting Up the Development Environment

4. Chapter 3: JavaScript Fundamentals

5. Chapter 4: Asynchronous Programming

6. Part 2: Node.js Ecosystem and Architecture

7. Chapter 5: Node.js Core Libraries

8. Chapter 6: External Modules and npm

9. Chapter 7: Event-Driven Architecture

10. Chapter 8: Testing in Node.js

11. Part 3: Web Application Fundamentals

12. Chapter 9: Handling HTTP and REST APIs

13. Chapter 10: Building Web Applications with Express

14. Part 4: Building Solid Web Applications with Node.js

15. Chapter 11: Building a Web Application Project from Scratch

16. Chapter 12: Data Persistence with MongoDB

17. Chapter 13: User Authentication and Authorization with Passport.js

18. Chapter 14: Error Handling in Node.js

19. Chapter 15: Securing Web Applications

20. Part 5: Mastering Node.js Deployment and Portability

21. Chapter 16: Deploying Node.js Applications

22. Chapter 17: Dockerizing a Node.js Application

23. Index

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Exploring JavaScript documentation

While ECMA-262 (https://262.ecma-international.org/14.0/) is a great source of information, it is not very beginner-friendly.

The most complete source of information is the MDN Web Docs (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript), which is a community-driven documentation. It is very comprehensive, and it is updated regularly and even translated into other languages.

If you are familiar with frontend development, you might have used the MDN Web Docs before, because it is the main source of information for browser APIs, such as the DOM (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document_Object_Model/Introduction) and the Fetch API (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API).

If are looking for more concise documentation, you can use W3Schools (https://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp), which is a great source of information for beginners, with a lot of examples.

Finally, if you are looking for a specific...