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Mastering Node.js

You're reading from   Mastering Node.js Expert techniques for building fast servers and scalable, real-time network applications with minimal effort

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782166320
Length 346 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Understanding the Node Environment 2. Understanding Asynchronous Event-Driven Programming FREE CHAPTER 3. Streaming Data Across Nodes and Clients 4. Using Node to Access the Filesystem 5. Managing Many Simultaneous Client Connections 6. Creating Real-time Applications 7. Utilizing Multiple Processes 8. Scaling Your Application 9. Testing your Application A. Organizing Your Work B. Introducing the Path Framework C. Creating your own C++ Add-ons Index

Achieving a modular architecture

Path's declarative model also makes it very easy to load modules and dependencies via HTML. Some of the key goals of its module loading system are as follows:

  • Bundling: When it is known that a group of modules is needed, bundle them into one package and send them in one request.
  • Caching: Once a module has been retrieved from the server, it should not need to be requested again. Path maintains a cache of module data on the client.
  • Communication: Path routes events through paths such as /click/get/email. Modules do the same, broadcasting their data along module/moduleName/eventName paths, allowing listeners to act on those transmissions.
  • Encapsulation: No direct access to a module's internals is allowed. All communication is via paths, as described previously.
  • Templates and data binding: Each module is easily bound to a data source, served through a real time socket server. When new data arrives, the module will automatically update its view.

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