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Learning Node.js Development

By : Andrew Mead
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Learning Node.js Development

By: Andrew Mead

Overview of this book

Learning Node.js Development is a practical, project-based book that provides you with all you need to get started as a Node.js developer. Node is a ubiquitous technology on the modern web, and an essential part of any web developers' toolkit. If you are looking to create real-world Node applications, or you want to switch careers or launch a side project to generate some extra income, then you're in the right place. This book has been written around a single goal—turning you into a professional Node developer capable of developing, testing, and deploying real-world production applications. Learning Node.js Development is built from the ground up around the latest version of Node.js (version 9.x.x). You'll be learning all the cutting-edge features available only in the latest software versions. This book cuts through the mass of information available around Node and delivers the essential skills that you need to become a Node developer. It takes you through creating complete apps and understanding how to build, deploy, and test your own Node apps. It maps out everything in a comprehensive, easy-to-follow package designed to get you up and running quickly.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Global modules

One of the major complaints I get is the fact that students have to restart the app from the Terminal every time they want to see the changes they just made inside their text editor. So, in this section, we'll take a look at how we can automatically restart our app as we make changes to the file. That means if I change from Gary to Mike and save it, it will automatically restart over in the Terminal.

Installing the nodemon module

Now, to automatically restart our app as we make changes to a file, we have to install a command-line utility, and we'll do this using npm. To get started, we'll go to Google Chrome (or the browser you are using) and head over to https://www.npmjs.com, as we did previously...