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Node Cookbook - Fourth Edition, Published by Packt

Node Cookbook - Fourth Edition

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Discover solutions, techniques, and best practices for server-side web development with Node.js 14

What is this book about?

A key technology for building web applications and tooling, Node.js brings JavaScript to the server enabling full-stack development in a common language. This fourth edition of the Node Cookbook is updated with the latest Node.js features and the evolution of the Node.js framework ecosystems.

This book covers the following exciting features:

• Understand the async and sync programming models of Node.js
• Create simple Node.js applications using modules and web frameworks
• Debug and diagnose issues in your Node.js applications
• Deploy Node.js applications to production
• Create a simple web app using Fastify, Hapi, and Express.js
• Discover tips for scaling, securing, and testing your Node.js web applications

If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!

Instructions and Navigations

All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.

The code will look like the following:

process.stdin.on("data", (data) => {
const name = data.toString().trim().toUpperCase();
if (name !== "") {
process.stdout.write(`Hello ${name}!`);
} else {
process.stderr.write("Input was empty.");
}
})

Following is what you need for this book:

The book is for web developers who have knowledge of JavaScript and want to gain a broad understanding of Node.js concepts for server-side development.

With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-12).

Software and Hardware List

Chapter	Software required	OS required
1-12	Node.js 14 (including anpm)	Windows, MacOS, and Linux (Any)
1-12	Google Chrome	Windows, MacOS, and Linux (Any)
1-12	cURL - Downloadable from https://curl.haxx.se/windows/	Windows, MacOS, and Linux (Any)
1-12	Docker	Windows, MacOS, and Linux (Any)
11	Kubernetes (via Docker for Desktop)	Windows and MacOS

Any chapters or recipes that require special software should cover the installation steps in the Technical requirements or Getting ready sections. Many of the Terminal steps assume you're operating in a Unix environment. On Windows, you should be able to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) to complete these steps.

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.

Related products

• Node.js Design Patterns - Third Edition [Packt] [Amazon]

• Node.js Web Development - Fifth Edition [Packt] [Amazon]

Get to Know the Author

Bethany Griggs is a Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat and a Node.js Technical Steering Committee Member. Beth has been involved with the Node.js project since 2016 when she joined IBM in their Node.js Runtime Team. Now at Red Hat, she’s continuing her work around Node.js, including contributing to the Node.js project. Beth is an active member of the Node.js Release Working Group, who audit the content for and produce the Node.js releases. Her other focuses are the creation of resources and tools to support Node.js deployments to cloud.

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