Node Web Development

Presented in a simple, step-by-step format, this book is an introduction to web development with Node. This book is for anybody looking for an alternative to the ""P"" languages (Perl, PHP, Python), or anyone looking for a new paradigm of server-side application development. The reader should have at least a rudimentary understanding of JavaScript and web application development.

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgement; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: About Node; The capabilities of Node; Server-side JavaScript; Why should you use Node?; Threaded versus asynchronous event-driven architecture; Performance and utilization; Is Node a cancerous scalability disaster?; Server utilization, the bottom line, and green web hosting; What's in a name: Node, Node.js, or Node. JS?; Summary; Chapter 2: Setting up Node; System requirements; Installing Node using package managers; Installing on Mac OS X with MacPorts.

Installing on Mac OS X with HomebrewInstalling on Linux from package management systems; Installing the Node distribution from nodejs.org; Installing Node on Windows using Chocolatey Gallery; Installing the StrongLoop Node distribution; Installing from source on POSIX-like systems; Installing prerequisites; Installing developer tools on Mac OS X; Installing from source for all POSIX-like systems; Maintaining multiple Node installs simultaneously; Run a few commands; testing the commands; Node's command-line tools; Running a simple script with Node; Launching a server with Node.

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