In this chapter, you will gain your first real Node.js experience. We will start by installing Node.js, along with some modules we will use throughout this book. Then, we will set up a development environment. Throughout the book, the Atom IDE will be used. Yes, GitHub's online editor has finally landed for desktop environment and is available on a platform of your preference!
Next, we will create a workspace and start developing our first Node.js application. It will be a simple server application processing incoming HTTP requests. We will go one step further, demonstrating how to modularize and unit test our JavaScript code. Finally, we will deploy our first application on the Heroku Cloud Application platform.
To sum up, in this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Installing Node.js
- Installing the Express framework and other modules...
