EventEmitter is one of the core idioms of Node.js. If Node.js's core idea is an event-driven architecture, emitting events from an object is one of the primary mechanisms of that architecture. EventEmitter is an object that gives notifications (events) at different points in its life cycle. For example, an HTTPServer object emits events concerning each stage of the startup/shutdown of the Server object and at each stage of processing HTTP requests from HTTP clients.
Many core Node.js modules are EventEmitter objects, and EventEmitter objects are an excellent skeleton on which to implement asynchronous programming. EventEmitter objects are so much a part of the Node.js woodwork that you may skip over their existence. However, because they're used everywhere, we need some understanding of what they are and how to use them when necessary.
In this chapter, we'll work with the HTTPServer and HTTPClient objects. Both are subclasses...
