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Learning Node.js for .NET Developers

By : Cummings
Book Image

Learning Node.js for .NET Developers

By: Cummings

Overview of this book

Node.js is an open source, cross-platform runtime environment that allows you to use JavaScript to develop server-side web applications. This short guide will help you develop applications using JavaScript and Node.js, leverage your existing programming skills from .NET or Java, and make the most of these other platforms through understanding the Node.js programming model. You will learn how to build web applications and APIs in Node, discover packages in the Node.js ecosystem, test and deploy your Node.js code, and more. Finally, you will discover how to integrate Node.js and .NET code.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Index

Summary

In this chapter, we have understood Node.js and its distinctive execution model, explored the growing ecosystem around Node.js and JavaScript, seen the reasons for JavaScript as a language choice, and described the kinds of application that can benefit from Node.js.

Now that you know how Node.js works and when to use it, it's time to dive in and get our first Node.js application up and running.