Course Prerequisites

• Experienced developer, familiar with JavaScript
• Have basic familiarity with event-driven programming models

Course Objectives

• Install Node.js and run server-side JavaScript by REPL or file execution
• Understand the opportunities Node.js is intended to address
• Understand the Node.js non-blocking IO architectural approach
• Implement built-in Node.js modules including net and http
• Organize code using custom modules
• Find and install modules using the npm package manager tool
• Implement applications using the Node.js Express framework
• Connect to Databases and Output Queries into HTML Tables

Course Outline

1. Introducing the Course
2. Introducing Node.js
   1. Introducing the Node.js Processing Model
   2. Considering Potential Use-Cases
   3. Installing and Running Node.js
   4. Exercise: Installing Node.js and running code
   5. Understanding Blocking and Callbacks
   6. Coding for Node.js
   7. Exercise: Creating a socket-based chat server
   8. Summary
   9. Review
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3. Using Node.js Modules
   1. Introducing Node.js Modules
   2. Using Node.js Modules
   3. Using the HTTP Module
   4. Using the File System Module
   5. Creating your own custom modules
   6. Exercise: Creating a static HTTP server
   7. Accessing URL and Form Data
   8. Using built-in and third-party Javascripts
   9. Exercise: Routing HTTP requests and using third-party Javascript libraries as modules
   10. Summary
   11. Review
4. Using the Express.JS Framework
   1. Using the Node.js Package Manager
   2. Introducing Express
   3. Creating an Express.js application
   4. Exercise: Installing Express and Creating a New Application
   5. Introducing POST handling, sessions, and public assets
   6. Exercise: Using Express.js and Session Management
   7. Summary
   8. Review
5. Working with Databases
   1. SQL or NoSQL?
   2. Working with MySQL
   3. Exercise: Querying a MySQL Database
   4. Outputting structured data in a Jade template
   5. Exercise: Querying a MySQL Database
   6. Working with MongoDB and NoSQL databases
   7. Exercise: Interacting with a NoSQL Database
   8. Working with CouchDB
   9. Exercise: Interacting with CouchDB