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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)

Deploying Applications to Web

In this chapter, we'll worry about adding version control and deploying our applications because when it comes to creating real-world Node apps, deploying your app to the Web is obviously a pretty big part of that. Now in the real world, every single company uses some form of version control. It is essential to the software development process, and most of them aren't using Git. Git has become really popular, dominating the market share for version control. Git is also free and open source, and there is a ton of great educational material. They have a book on how to learn Git. It's free and Stack Overflow is filled with Git-specific questions and answers.

We'll be using Git to save our project. We'll also be using it to back up our work to a service called GitHub, and finally we'll be using Git to deploy our project live...