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Node Web Development [Kindle Edition]

David Herron (Author)

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This book is a practical introduction to learning about Node. Each chapter introduces you to a different area of Node, using screenshots and examples to get you up and running as quickly as possible. If you are a developer who wants to use JavaScript on the server side in order to build quicker, higher performing web applications, then this book is for you. It is recommended that you should have at least a rudimentary understanding of JavaScript and web application development.

About the Author

David Herron

David Herron has worked as a software engineer and software quality engineer in Silicon Valley for over 20 years. His current role at Yahoo is an Architect of the Quality Engineering team for their new Node.js based web app platform.

While a Staff Engineer at Sun Microsystems, David worked as Architect of the Java SE Quality Engineering team where he focused on test automation tools, including the AWT Robot class that's now widely used in GUI test automation software. He was involved with launching the OpenJDK project, the JDK-Distros project, and ran the worldwide Mustang Regressions Contest asking the Java developer community to find bugs in the Java 1.6 release.

Before Sun he worked for VXtreme on the video streaming stack which eventually became Windows Media Player when Microsoft bought that company. At The Wollongong Group he worked on both e-mail client and server software and was part of several IETF working groups improving e-mail-related protocols

David is interested in electric vehicles, world energy supplies, climate change and environmental issues, and is a co-founder of Transition Silicon Valley. As an online journalist on examiner.com he writes under the title Green Transportation Examiner, he blogs about sustainability issues on 7gen.com, runs a large electric vehicle discussion website on visforvoltage.org, and blogs about other topics including Node.js, Drupal and Doctor Who on davidherron.com.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 855 KB
Print Length: 174 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 184951514X
Publisher: Packt Publishing (10 Aug 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B005HIK8D4
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Good start of using Node.js for real Web Applications 20 Sep 2011

By Krzysztof Kula

Format:Paperback

Node Web Development by David Herron is book written for those who want to start using Node.js for real Web Applications. Book is short and written for purpose of practical examples. Of course if it will be longer it would be even better but this is very good starting point for learning Node.js.
Book is rather short, and to be honest when I sow it I was thinking: This is too short! But just after first chapter I realize that maybe short, but chapters are full of examples and explanations. I was impressed how reading it changed my opinion.

Tips for other readers:
Use Node.js from 0.4 tree, mostly because of modules, most of them are not ported yet to 0.5.
If You want to create apps as fast as possible read chapter 5 at the end (except of those that want to use HTTPClient)
Install Databases before installing npm modules.

Chapter 5 could be more about Express, but I write this because other chapters are so good that this one left me unsatisfied.

I can recommend this book to every Software Developer that want to learn how to node ;)

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Good introduction to Node for Web Developers. 5 Sep 2011

By Mr. C. Dew

Format:Paperback

Disclaimer: I received a digital copy of this book from Packt Publishing to review.

I've been using Node in production for eighteen months now, so I am not the target audience for this book, but I am now in a position to have a good overview.

It is a very clear introduction for developers who already have experience of web development.

Even for a developer who has been using Node for some time, it is a useful reference. For example, I was not up to speed on how NPM had changed since the early days, especially the node_modules search paths.

The text covers the creation of a couple of web application in Node and the use of both SQLite and MongoDB as storage back ends. Once you are familiar with async access to databases, using MySQL or Postgres is no huge leap.

There are a couple of important areas of Node development which are not covered, probably due to the short length and introductory nature of this book. These are:

SocketIO: SocketIO is one of the best developments to have been built on top of Node and it is one of the clear advantages of using Node over other languages/frameworks.

Complex async behaviour: When writing and non-trivial application in Node, a developer will soon need to coordinate the dependencies between multiple callbacks. This is one of the more *interesting* areas of current investigation, proposed solutions include promises, streamline and step.

All in all, a very clear introduction.

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Excellent starting point for experienced web dev 19 Aug 2011

By Juho Veps�l�inen

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Disclaimer: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher, Packt Publishing.

I have developed quite a bit using Django and JavaScript (mainly jQuery, RightJS dev). I've meant to get into Node for a while now. This book provided me just what I needed. It starts out "soft" by explaining the fundamentals behind Node and then moves onto concrete examples each of which highlight some aspect of it.

The book is quite thin (just 172 pages). It manages to pack in enough detail for one to get started, though. I might have appreciated one extra chapter about possible starting points (where to go to next?). Given Node and its packages are still in quite flux, coming up with one could have been challenging.

To conclude consider picking up this book if you have already some experience with web development and JavaScript in general and wish to delve into the world of Node. There are some other resources available. This is certainly one of the better options available I'm aware of at the moment, however.

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