Part 2: Tooling

In this part, you’ll strengthen your knowledge of the Node.js ecosystem by getting in touch with a variety of tools and utilities. You’ll learn how you can use different flavors of JavaScript in Node.js. Examples here include TypeScript and Flow. You’ll also see which code verification and style checkers exist and how to use them.

The main focus of this part is to enable you to set up and maintain a new web development project from scratch. This also includes knowledge about quality assurance. As part of these topics, utilities such as Jest or Playwright are discussed.

This part of the book comprises the following chapters:

• Chapter 4, Using Different Flavors of JavaScript
• Chapter 5, Enhancing Code Quality with Linters and Formatters
• Chapter 6, Building Web Apps with Bundlers
• Chapter 7, Improving Reliability with Testing Tools