Node.js the Right Way by Wilson, Jim R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Node.js the Right Way Table of Contents Early praise for Node.js the Right Way Acknowledgments Preface

Why Node.js the Right Way What’s in This Book What This Book Is Not Code Examples and Conventions Online Resources

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Node’s Niche How Node Applications Work Aspects of Node.js Development Get Node.js

Chapter 2: Wrangling the File System

Programming for the Node.js Event Loop Spawning a Child Process Capturing Data from an EventEmitter Reading and Writing Files Asynchronously The Two Phases of a Node Program Wrapping Up

Chapter 3: Networking with Sockets

Listening for Socket Connections Implementing a Messaging Protocol Creating Socket Client Connections Testing Network Application Functionality Extending Core Classes in Custom Modules Wrapping Up

Chapter 4: Robust Messaging Services

Advantages of ØMQ Importing External Modules with npm Message-Publishing and -Subscribing Responding to Requests Routing and Dealing Messages Clustering Node.js Processes Pushing and Pulling Messages Wrapping Up

Chapter 5: Accessing Databases

Advantages of CouchDB Creating a Package Making RESTful Requests Importing Real Data Unit Testing with Nodeunit Throttling Node.js Querying Data with Mapreduce Views Wrapping Up

Chapter 6: Scalable Web Services

Advantages of Express Serving APIs with Express Writing Modular Express Services RESTful APIs with Promises Yielding Control with Generators Using Generators with Promises Wrapping Up

Chapter 7: Web Apps

Storing Express Sessions in Redis Creating a Single-Page Web Application Authenticating with Passport Authorizing APIs with Custom Middleware Creating Authenticated APIs Client-Side MVC Wrapping Up Parting Thoughts You May Be Interested In…