Learning Node.js for .NET Developers - Couverture souple

Cummings, Harry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785280090 ISBN 13 : 9781785280092

Editeur : Packt Publishing, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Key Features

• Learn the concepts of Node.js to gain a high-level understanding of the Node.js execution model
• Build an interactive web application with MongoDB and Redis and create your own JavaScript modules that work both on the client side and server side
• Familiarize yourself with the new features of Node.js and JavaScript with this exclusive step-by-step guide

Book Description

Node.js is an open source, cross-platform runtime environment that allows you to use JavaScript to develop server-side web applications.

This short guide will help you develop applications using JavaScript and Node.js, leverage your existing programming skills from .NET or Java, and make the most of these other platforms through understanding the Node.js programming model. You will learn how to build web applications and APIs in Node, discover packages in the Node.js ecosystem, test and deploy your Node.js code, and more. Finally, you will discover how to integrate Node.js and .NET code.

What you will learn

• Understand which problems Node.js best solves
• Write idiomatic JavaScript and Node.js code
• Build web applications and command-line tools
• Minimise complexity and efficiently solve difficult problems
• Test and deploy Node.js applications
• Work with persistent data
• Implement real-time client-server applications
• Integrate .NET and Node.js code

About the Author

Harry Cummings has been working in software development for 8 years, and for the past few years, he has performed the role of technical lead across a variety of projects for varied clients. He has, in the past, also worked as a developer, project manager, and consultant. This gives him an excellent all-round view of the role of a technical lead and its relationship with other roles as well as insight into every stage of project delivery, from initial analysis to long-term maintenance.

Harry has extensive experience in C#/.NET, Java and Scala, and JavaScript/Node.js. He continues to work directly with these technologies on a regular basis in the teams that he leads. His broader interests and expertise lie in sharing and nurturing software development best practices through training and mentoring. He has appeared at conferences such as NDC London and SDD Conf, speaking about diverse topics, ranging from introductory Node.js through to automated test strategies and long-term project maintainability.

Table of Contents

1. Why Node.js?
2. Getting Started with Node.js
3. A JavaScript Primer
4. Introducing Node.js Modules
5. Creating Dynamic Websites
6. Testing Node.js Applications
7. Setting up an Automated Build
8. Mastering Asynchronicity
9. Persisting Data
10. Creating Real-time Web Apps
11. Deploying Node.js Applications
12. Authentication in Node.js
13. Creating JavaScript Packages
14. Node.js and Beyond

Biographie de l'auteur

Harry Cummings

Harry Cummings has been working in software development for 8 years, and for the past few years, he has performed the role of technical lead across a variety of projects for varied clients. He has, in the past, also worked as a developer, project manager, and consultant. This gives him an excellent all-round view of the role of a technical lead and its relationship with other roles as well as insight into every stage of project delivery, from initial analysis to long-term maintenance. Harry has extensive experience in C#/.NET, Java and Scala, and JavaScript/Node.js. He continues to work directly with these technologies on a regular basis in the teams that he leads. His broader interests and expertise lie in sharing and nurturing software development best practices through training and mentoring. He has appeared at conferences such as NDC London and SDD Conf, speaking about diverse topics, ranging from introductory Node.js through to automated test strategies and long-term project maintainability.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Packt Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1785280090
• ISBN 13: 9781785280092
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 248