Book description
Learn to make more efficient apps, with just one language!
Smashing Node.js: JavaScript Everywhere equips you with the necessary tools to understand Node.js and its uses in developing efficient web apps. With more traditional web servers becoming obsolete, having knowledge on servers that achieve high scalability and optimal resource consumption using Node.js is the key to your app development success. Teaching you the essentials to making event-driven server-side apps, this book demonstrates how you can use less space and take less time for communication between web client and server.
Contains numerous hands-on examples
Explains implementation of real-time apps including Socket.IO and HTML5, and WebSockets
Addresses practical Node.js advantages from specific design choices
Demonstrates why knowledge and use of JavaScript is beneficial
Includes an interactive online component with sample chapters
Explains components of stand out apps including brevity and benchmarks
Looking to enhance your abilities even further? Smashing Node.js: JavaScript Everywhere makes developing server-side apps accessible with its focus on JavaScript, open source, and easy-to-use language.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Foreword
- Part I: Getting Started: Setup and Concepts
- Part II: Essential Node APIs
- Part III: Web Development
- Part IV: Databases
- Part V: Testing
Product information
- Title: Smashing Node.js: JavaScript Everywhere, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2012
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781119962595
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