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Professional Node.js: Building Javascript Based Scalable Software 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Pedro Teixeira (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 out of 5 stars (39)
Learn to build fast and scalable software in JavaScript with Node.js

Node.js is a powerful and popular new framework for writing scalable network programs using JavaScript. This no nonsense book begins with an overview of Node.js and then quickly dives into the code, core concepts, and APIs. In-depth coverage pares down the essentials to cover debugging, unit testing, and flow control so that you can start building and testing your own modules right away.

  • Covers node and asynchronous programming main concepts
  • Addresses the basics: modules, buffers, events, and timers
  • Explores streams, file systems, networking, and automated unit testing
  • Goes beyond the basics, and shares techniques and tools for debugging, unit testing, and flow control

If you already know JavaScript and are curious about the power of Node.js, then this is the ideal book for you.

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    October 1, 2012
  6. Language
    English
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Learn to build scalable software in JavaScript with Node.js

Node.js is a popular framework that allows you to build fast, highly scalable network programs using JavaScript. However, it comes with a learning curve. This in-depth guide walks you through the installation of the Node.js platform and then focuses on the essentials of creating and loading modules; using buffers to manipulate, encode, and decode binary data; simplifying event binding with the event emitter pattern; and more. Covering everything from scheduling the execution of functions using timers to creating and controlling external processes, this book gets you up and running and building and testing your own modules.

Professional Node.js:

  • Addresses querying, reading from, and writing to files
  • Explores streams, file systems, networking, and automated unit testing
  • Details how to read and write streams of data
  • Zeroes-in on building TCP and HTTP servers and clients
  • Reviews using datagrams, testing and debugging modules, and controlling the callback flow
  • Shows how to develop real-time web applications using Connect, Express, and Socket.IO
  • Walks you through connecting to MySQL, CouchDB, and MongoDB

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Pedro Teixeira is a prolific open-source programmer and author of many Node.js modules. He is a founding partner of The Node Firm and a senior programmer at Nodejitsu Inc., the leading Node.js platform-as-a-service provider. He is also the author of the popular Node Tuts screencasts.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009L7QETY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wrox
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2012
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.3 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 495 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1118265185
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  • Best Sellers Rank: #3,978,666 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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  • Adrian
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good companion
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2014
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    There are three Node books I like out on the market, and this is one of them. It adds enough detail to keep you going beyond hello world. It also brings up some great topics that are glossed over or completely ignored in blogs/tutorials. It's not a long drawn out book and it is well written and easy to digest. I recommend this book if you have gotten past hello world, but not if you are a guru. But then again, if you are a guru at Node then you probably read the source anyway.
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  • Kristian Mandrup
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book :)
    Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2013
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    One of the most enjoyable, in depth books I have read this year :)
    He even provides a full example of how to develop a complete web app step by step, using the tools and techniques explored so you can see how it all falls into place in a real app. Great work!
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  • Armando Padilla
    3.0 out of 5 stars Pass if you're an active Node.js developer.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2015
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    I would say not one of the best Node.JS books out there. I think I had the a misconception after reading the title. Professional does NOT mean advanced. This is not an advanced book but covers a good set of packages and techniques to know to get you building a web app. I personally found the approach rather boring. Actually really boring. The book starts off with teaching you the fs module, followed by building a TCP server, followed by HTTP server, then goes into Express, Redis, and finally closes the book with examples on how to work with databases. I was actually flipping through the chapter to see how much more I had to go to finish each chapter (each chapter was about 5 pages so....). I would say, pass i you're already an active Node developer.
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  • A Dad
    2.0 out of 5 stars Another Node.js book that is lacking
    Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2019
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    Every subject covered in this book is a rush thru. I guess you're just assumed to be able to fill all in the blanks yourself. Unfortunately, the nodejs.org site API documentation also is severely lacking. There, for example, when they show an object prototype, they provide links to callback arguments that are just <Function>. But what function is that? What is its prototype? This seems a fundamental issue with JavaScript itself, as far as one can tell, any number of arbitrary arguments can be passed to any function. But actually, no! So what arguments can be passed to a specific function that doesn't have its prototype document. It must be a dark hidden secret inside the Node libraries. You either have to read the Node libraries or search the web to find out, and hopefully somewhere you can find a clear explanation. But few if any provide this. This book is no help in this regard, it just gives quick overview without covering the details which you also cannot get anywhere else. And the provided code samples obviously were not tested and do not work. The TLS client/server example does not work because they describe the use of a self-signed cert for the server, but the client code as written will not connect to the server when the server returns a self-signed cert. There is a way to code the client to accept the self-signed cert, but this book does not tell you that, much like a bunch of other things it overlooks in the interests of brevity. I usually like Wrox books because of their comprehensiveness. This book doesn't come close to this standard.
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  • Ivan Etchart
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good advanced book
    Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2013
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    It's a good book if you want to learn some advanced topics in node. A little bit outdated. I would like it to have more about plugins and how to make them, also how node work internally more detailed.
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  • RICARDO CORDTS MONTEIRO
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very usefull!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2013
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    You will learn the basis and path to master your own node.js scripts with this book.
    You will need a solid knowledge in javascript and basis of network and OS functions to learn from this book.
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  • Spencer English
    4.0 out of 5 stars quality programming read
    Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2014
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    Learned plenty and still have much to learn. Look forward to utilizing JavaScript/Node.js throughout the future. Props to the author for his thorough explanations.
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  • CURTIS
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best NodeJS Learning resource to date!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2013
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    This is the best learning resource for Node to date. It is broken down in to digestible chunks making it easy to jump in for an hour or few and jump out without having to reorient yourself when returning.

    A big plus over other resources is that it doesn't place abstraction over the core node way of doing things right away. Many internet tutorials plug in other JavaScript libraries (expressjs for example) right away. What they are basically doing is saying hey, we're going to teach you JavaScript, but turn around and teach you jQuery (Which is a JS technically but you get the idea).

    Dive in and you'll pick up some solid node understanding in a day or 2. Also it does cover popular libraries at the appropriate time. I highly recommend this book to anyone coming to node for the first time.
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  • Anoop.P.A
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for intermediates
    Reviewed in India on September 13, 2015
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    Good book, which gives an overall understanding of Node.js applications. Beginners might find it boring or difficult. Perfect at an intermediate stage.
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  • N. DARCHY
    5.0 out of 5 stars Que du bon !
    Reviewed in France on January 9, 2013
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    Il y a beaucoup de ressources sur internet concernant nodeJS, on peut cependant en oublier l'essentiel et son fonctionnement.
    Je pense que cet ouvrage cerne bien les possibilités de cette technologie tout en restant accessible à tout développeur passionné par le JavaScript.
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  • Fabri
    2.0 out of 5 stars Like an API reference
    Reviewed in Italy on January 13, 2013
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    This book is packed with basic info about the main Node.js API. If you read it cover-to-cover, to make an idea of what Node.js is, you reach HTTP after too many pages. I have not read the HTTP part with Socket.io and Express.js in detail yet, but seems well organized. Code examples through the text are good. Despite that, I've found that the Event Loop and the Async programming are not explained too well. The chapter on MySQL covers connecting to MySQL and issuing SQL statements, what a surprise: no ORM. Finally, the book doesn't explain deploys and production Node.js environments, and this is truly bad.
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  • M. Hodgins
    4.0 out of 5 stars A solid introduction but slightly flawed
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2013
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    On the whole I found this book to be well written and well structured. It covers a lot of ground by having lots of small chapters - some are only 10 pages long. This gives the feeling that as you're reading, you're really moving through the subject rapidly. As the title suggests, this book is for professionals - if you're new to JavaScript or Server-side development, this is unlikely to be the right book for you.

    Overall, the quality of the writing is good and I only spotted a handful of typos. I do think that the editing could have been better, especially towards the end of the book. The last few chapters have large amounts (up to 5 full pages worth) of code repeated again and again. Quite often the changes from one version to the next are not highlighted - earlier in the book, changes are highlighted in bold, but this convention drops off in the last few chapters.
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  • vikas jain
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
    Reviewed in India on June 24, 2016
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    Well organised and topics are explained nicely. It gave me good heads up for learning noe js
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