You're reading from Mastering Node.js Web Development Go on a comprehensive journey from the fundamentals to advanced web development with Node.js

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804615072

Length 778 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

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Node.js

Concepts

Server Side Web Development

Author (1):

Adam Freeman

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

1. Putting Node.js in Context FREE CHAPTER

2. Getting Ready

3. Working with the Node.js Tools

4. JavaScript and TypeScript Primer

5. Understanding Node.js Concurrency

6. Handling HTTP Requests

7. Using Node.js Streams

8. Using Bundles and Content Security

9. Unit Testing and Debugging

10. Node.js in Detail

11. Creating the Example Project

12. Using HTML Templates

13. Handling Form Data

14. Using Databases

15. Using Sessions

16. Creating RESTful Web Services

17. Authenticating and Authorizing Requests

18. SportsStore

19. SportsStore: A Real Application

20. SportsStore: Navigation and Cart

21. SportsStore: Orders and Validation

22. SportsStore: Authentication

23. SportsStore: Administration

24. SportsStore: Deployment

25. Other Books You May Enjoy

26. Index

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Server-side web development is characterized by processing large volumes of HTTP requests as quickly and efficiently as possible. JavaScript is different from other languages and platforms because it has a single thread of execution, which means that HTTP requests are processed one at a time. Behind the scenes, however, there is a lot more going on, and in this chapter, I explain why the JavaScript approach is unusual, how the Node.js API performs work on behalf of JavaScript code, and how additional execution threads can be created to handle computationally intense tasks. Table 4.1 puts JavaScript concurrency in context.

Table 4.1. Putting Node.js Concurrency in Context

Question	Answer
What is it?	Concurrency is the execution of multiple threads of code. Node.js has support for concurrency, but it hides the details from the developer.
Why is it useful?	Concurrency allows servers to achieve greater throughput...