Node.js Web Development: Create real-time server-side applications with this practical, step-by-step guide

Key Features

• Learn about server-side JavaScript with Node.js and Node modules through the most up-to-date book on Node.JS web development
• Understand website development both with and without the Connect/Express web application framework
• Develop both HTTP server and client applications

Book Description

Node.js is a JavaScript platform that uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that allows users to build fast and scalable data-intensive applications that run in real time. Node Web Development shows you that JavaScript is not just for browsers anymore. It can be used for web application development, for real-time applications, to develop any Internet protocol, and much more.

This book gives you an excellent starting point as it goes straight to the heart of developing web applications with Node.js. You will progress from a rudimentary knowledge of JavaScript or server-side application development to being able to create and maintain your own Node.js application.

With this book, you will learn how to use the HTTP Server and client objects as well as both SQL and MongoDB databases through practical examples. The book also covers data storage and retrieval and explains concepts on authorization.

What you will learn

• Install and use Node.js for both development and deployment
• Use the Connect and Express application frameworks
• Deploy both SQL and MongoDB database systems
• Find out how to use microservices for multiuser authorization
• Use HTML5 and CSS for theming on mobile

About the Author

David Herronhas worked as a software engineer and software quality engineer in Silicon Valley for over 20 years. Recently, he worked for Yahoo! as an architect in the Quality Engineering team for their new Node.js-based web app platform (Manhattan and Mojito).

While he was a staff engineer at Sun Microsystems, David worked as an architect in the Java SE Quality Engineering team where he focused on test automation tools, including the AWT Robot class that's now widely used in GUI test automation software. He was involved in launching the OpenJDK project, and other open source activities related to Java.

Before Sun, he worked for VXtreme on the video streaming stack, which eventually became Windows Media Player when Microsoft bought the company. At the Wollongong Group, he worked on both the e-mail client and server software and was part of several IETF working groups improving e-mail-related protocols. David is interested in electric vehicles, world energy supplies, climate change, and environmental issues, and is a co-founder of Transition Silicon Valley.

As an online journalist, he writes about electric cars and other green technology for PlugInCars.com, TorqueNews.com, Examiner.com, LongTailPipe.com, and ElectricRaceNews.com. He runs a large electric vehicle discussion website VisForVoltage.org, and blogs about other topics including Node.js, Drupal, and Doctor Who on DavidHerron.com. Using Node.js, he has developed a Content Management System called AkashaCMS (akashacms.com) that produces static HTML websites.

David Herron has worked as a software engineer and software quality engineer in Silicon Valley for over 20 years. Recently, he worked for Yahoo! as an architect in the Quality Engineering team for their new Node.js-based web app platform (Manhattan and Mojito). While he was a staff engineer at Sun Microsystems, David worked as an architect in the Java SE Quality Engineering team where he focused on test automation tools, including the AWT Robot class that's now widely used in GUI test automation software. He was involved in launching the OpenJDK project, and other open source activities related to Java. Before Sun, he worked for VXtreme on the video streaming stack, which eventually became Windows Media Player when Microsoft bought the company. At the Wollongong Group, he worked on both the e-mail client and server software and was part of several IETF working groups improving e-mail-related protocols. David is interested in electric vehicles, world energy supplies, climate change, and environmental issues, and is a co-founder of Transition Silicon Valley. As an online journalist, he writes about electric cars and other green technology for PlugInCars.com, TorqueNews.com, Examiner.com, LongTailPipe.com, and ElectricRaceNews.com. He runs a large electric vehicle discussion website VisForVoltage.org, and blogs about other topics including Node.js, Drupal, and Doctor Who on DavidHerron.com. Using Node.js, he has developed a Content Management System called AkashaCMS (akashacms.com) that produces static HTML websites.