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Learn Node.js by Building 6 Projects

By : Eduonix Learning Solutions
Book Image

Learn Node.js by Building 6 Projects

By: Eduonix Learning Solutions

Overview of this book

<p>With its event-driven architecture and efficient web services capabilities, more and more companies are building their entire infrastructure around Node.js. Node has become a de facto part of web development that any serious developer needs to master.</p> <p>This book includes six Node.js projects that gradually increase in complexity. You'll start by building a simple web server and create a basic website. You will then move to create the login system, blog system, chat system, and e-learning system.</p> <p>By creating and following the example projects in this book, you’ll improve your Node.js skills through practical working projects, and you'll learn how to use Node.js with many other useful technologies, such as ExpressJS, Kickstart, and Heroku.</p>
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Chapter 2. A Basic Express Website

In this project we are going to learn to build a web application using Node.js and Express. We will begin with exploring Express right from the installation steps. Along with Express, we will then move to understand pages routes and views. After understanding the basics, we will move to layouts of the website. Using this we will create our website!

In this chapter, we will learn:

  • Understanding Express
  • Pages routes and views
  • Adding Layouts
  • Nodemailer contact form