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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 the node app to the Web

In this section, you'll deploy your Node app live to the Web using Heroku. By the end of the section, you'll have the URL you can give anybody and they'll be able to go to that URL in their browser to view the application. We'll do this via Heroku.

Heroku is a website. It's a web app for managing web applications that are hosted in the cloud. It's a really great service. They make it almost effortless to create new apps, deploy your apps, update apps, and add cool add-on-things such as logging and error tracking, all of that is built in. Now Heroku, like GitHub, does not require a credit card to sign up and there is a free tier, which we'll use. They have paid plans for just about everything, but we can get away with the free tier for everything we'll do in this section.

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