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Node.js Course

Learn to run JavaScript outside the browser, organize modules and packages, work with files, handle asynchronous events, and build HTTP servers.

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Prerequisites: JavaScript, Shell Commands and HTTP

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Build a small Node.js command-line program and an HTTP server using modules, files, asynchronous code, and environment configuration.

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Course contents

  1. The Node.js runtime

    Install Node, run scripts, use the REPL, and work with process.

    1. ✓ The Node.js Guide
    2. ✓ How to install Node.js
    3. ✓ Differences between Node and the Browser
    4. ✓ How to use the Node.js REPL
    5. ✓ Run a Node.js script
    6. ✓ Node, accept arguments from the command line
    7. ✓ Output to the command line using Node
    8. ✓ Accept input from the command line in Node
    9. ✓ Check your understanding: the Node.js runtime

  2. Modules and npm

    Organize code and manage project packages and versions.

    1. ✓ The Node Core Modules
    2. ✓ CommonJS modules
    3. ✓ Expose functionality from a Node file using exports
    4. ✓ ES modules in Node.js
    5. ✓ The package.json guide
    6. ✓ An introduction to the npm package manager
    7. ✓ npm dependencies and devDependencies
    8. ✓ Semantic Versioning using npm
    9. ✓ Lock dependency versions
    10. ✓ Check your understanding: modules and npm

  3. Files and paths

    Read, write, inspect, and locate files without blocking work.

    1. ✓ The Node fs module
    2. ✓ Reading files with Node
    3. ✓ How to use the Node.js fs module with async/await
    4. ✓ Writing files with Node
    5. ✓ Working with folders in Node
    6. ✓ Node File Paths
    7. ✓ Node file stats
    8. ✓ Choose a filesystem API style
    9. ✓ Build a notes command-line program
    10. ✓ Check your understanding: files and paths

  4. Asynchronous code and events

    The event loop, promises, emitters, streams, and failures.

    1. ✓ The Node.js Event Loop
    2. ✓ Understanding process.nextTick()
    3. ✓ Understanding setImmediate()
    4. ✓ Use promises and await with Node.js callbacks
    5. ✓ The Node Event emitter
    6. ✓ Error handling in Node.js
    7. ✓ Node.js Streams
    8. ✓ Do not block the event loop
    9. ✓ Handle asynchronous failures
    10. ✓ Check your understanding: asynchronous code and events

  5. Servers and environment

    Requests, responses, configuration, deployment, and shutdown.

    1. ✓ How to read environment variables from Node.js
    2. ✓ Load an environment file
    3. ✓ Build an HTTP Server
    4. ✓ Serve an HTML page using Node.js
    5. ✓ Get HTTP request body data using Node
    6. ✓ Make an HTTP POST request using Node
    7. ✓ Route requests by method and URL
    8. ✓ Node, the difference between development and production
    9. ✓ Where to host a Node.js app
    10. ✓ Shut a server down gracefully
    11. ✓ Build a small JSON server
    12. ✓ Check your understanding: servers and environment