Since it s creation in 2009 Node.js has grown into a powerful and increasingly popular
asynchronous-development framework for creating highly-scalable network applications using
JavaScript. Respected companies such as Dow Jones and LinkedIn are among the many organizations
to have seen Node s potential and adopted it into their businesses. Pro Node.js for Developers
provides a comprehensive guide to this exciting new technology. We introduce you to Node what
it is why it matters and how to set it up before diving deeply into the key concepts and APIs
that underpin its operation. Building upon your existing JavaScript skills you ll be shown how
to use Node.js to build both Web- and Network-based applications to deal with data sources
capture events and deal with child processes to create robust applications that will work well
in a wide range of circumstances. Once you've mastered these skills we ll go further teaching
you more advanced software engineering skills that will give your code a professional edge. You
ll learn how to create easily reusable modules that will save you time through code reuse to
log and debug your applications quickly and effectively and to write code that will scale
easily and reliably as the demand for your application grows.
