Learning Node

Take your web development skills from browser to server with Node and learn how to write fast, highly scalable network applications on this JavaScript-based platform. With this hands-on guide, you ll quickly master Node s core fundamentals, gain experience with several built-in and contributed modules, and learn the differences and parallels between client- and server-side programming.

This updated second edition gets you up to speed on Node s event-driven, asynchronous I/O model for developing data-intensive applications that are frequently accessed but computationally simple. If you re comfortable working with JavaScript, this book provides numerous programming and deployment examples to help you take advantage of server-side development with Node."