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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)

Summary

In this chapter, we learned how to use require to load in modules that come with Node.js. We created our files for our notes application and required them inside app.js. We explored how to use built-in modules and we explored how to use modules we defined. We found out how to require other files that we created, and how to export things such as properties and functions from those files.

We explored npm a little bit, how we can use npm init to generate a package.json file, and how we can install and use third-party modules. Next, we explored the nodemon module, using it to automatically restart our app as we make changes to a file. Last, we learned how to get input from the user, which is needed to create the notes application. We learned that we can use command-line arguments to pass data into our app.

In the next chapter, we'll explore some more interesting Node...