Node.js Jump Start

Haim MichaelMay 23th, 2014

All logos, trade marks and brand names used in this presentation, such as the node.js logo, belong to their respective owners. Haim Michael and LifeMichaelare not related, associated or connected neither with the development of Node.jsor with any of the companies and the technologies related to Node.js.

You can watch the video clip at http://youtu.be/HWWggL1cRWY.

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m● What is Node.js? ● Asynchronous Programming ● The Module Architecture● Centralized Modules Repository● Popular Modules● Learning Resources● Questions & Answers

What is Node.js?

● The node.js platform allows us to develop web

applications excellent in their performance.

● The node.js platform is based on JavaScript v8. We use

the JavaScript language.

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Asynchronous Programming

● The functions in node.js are asynchronous. As a result of

that everything is executed in the background

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var http = require('http');

var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) { res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type':'text/plain'}); res.end('Hello World!\n');});

server.listen(1400,'127.0.0.1');

The Module Architecture

● The node.js platform uses the module architecture. It

simplifies the creation of complex applications.

● Each module contains a set of related functions.

● We use the require() function in order to include a

module we want to use.

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The Module Architecture

● The Node Package Manager, AKA as NPM, allows us to

manage the packages installed on our computer.

● NPM provides us with an online public registry service

that contains all the packages programmers publish

using the NPM.

● The NPM provides us with the npm tool we can use for

downloading, installing the managing those packages

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Centralized Modules Repository

● The centralized repository of public modules maintained

by the NPM is available at https://www.npmjs.org/.

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Popular Modules

● The https://nodejsmodules.org website tracks the

popular modules been used together with node.js.

● Some of the more interesting modules I recommend to

check include the following:

socket.io

mongoosejs.com

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Learning Resources● You can find a node.js Jump Start course as well as other

related courses at http://abelski.lifemichael.com.

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Learning Resources● You can find detailed documentation in node.js official

website at http://nodejs.org.

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Questions & Answers● Three courses you might find interesting include

Software Engineering in PHP

more info

Android 4.4 Java Applications Development

more info

HTML5 Cross Platform Mobile Applications

more info

● If you enjoyed my lecture please leave me a comment

at http://speakerpedia.com/speakers/life-michael.

Thanks for your time!

Haim.

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Node.js Jump Start

Haim MichaelMay 23th, 2014

All logos, trade marks and brand names used in this presentation, such as the node.js logo, belong to their respective owners. Haim Michael and LifeMichaelare not related, associated or connected neither with the development of Node.jsor with any of the companies and the technologies related to Node.js.

You can watch the video clip at http://youtu.be/HWWggL1cRWY.

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Table of Content

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m● What is Node.js? ● Asynchronous Programming ● The Module Architecture● Centralized Modules Repository● Popular Modules● Learning Resources● Questions & Answers

What is Node.js?

● The node.js platform allows us to develop web

applications excellent in their performance.

● The node.js platform is based on JavaScript v8. We use

the JavaScript language.

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Asynchronous Programming

● The functions in node.js are asynchronous. As a result of

that everything is executed in the background

LifeMic hael.c o

mvar http = require('http');

var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) { res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type':'text/plain'}); res.end('Hello World!\n');});

server.listen(1400,'127.0.0.1');

The Module Architecture

● The node.js platform uses the module architecture. It

simplifies the creation of complex applications.

● Each module contains a set of related functions.

● We use the require() function in order to include a

module we want to use.

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The Module Architecture

● The Node Package Manager, AKA as NPM, allows us to

manage the packages installed on our computer.

● NPM provides us with an online public registry service

that contains all the packages programmers publish

using the NPM.

● The NPM provides us with the npm tool we can use for

downloading, installing the managing those packages

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Centralized Modules Repository

● The centralized repository of public modules maintained

by the NPM is available at https://www.npmjs.org/.

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Popular Modules

● The https://nodejsmodules.org website tracks the

popular modules been used together with node.js.

● Some of the more interesting modules I recommend to

check include the following:

socket.io

mongoosejs.com

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Learning Resources● You can find a node.js Jump Start course as well as other

related courses at http://abelski.lifemichael.com.

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Learning Resources● You can find detailed documentation in node.js official

website at http://nodejs.org.

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Questions & Answers● Three courses you might find interesting include

Software Engineering in PHP

more info

Android 4.4 Java Applications Development

more info

HTML5 Cross Platform Mobile Applications

more info

● If you enjoyed my lecture please leave me a comment

at http://speakerpedia.com/speakers/life-michael.

Thanks for your time!

Haim.

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