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What Is Node?

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Cover image for bash Cookbook, 2nd Edition What Is Node? by Brett McLaughlin Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2011
  1. Cover
  2. What is Node.js?
  3. What is Node.js?
  4. 1. What is Node.js?
  5. About the Author
  6. Copyright

What is Node.js?

Table of Contents
  1. 1. What is Node.js?
    1. Node isn’t always the solution, but it does solve some important problems.
    2. A warning to the Node experts out there
    3. Node: A few basic examples
      1. Skipping hello world
    4. Node runs JavaScript, but isn’t JavaScript
    5. Interacting with a “Node server”
    6. A quick line-by-line primer
    7. Lost in translation
      1. The JSON round trip
      2. Subtlety and nuance destroy solid code
      3. eval() in JavaScript is (Potentially) the Devil
    8. Today’s web is a big-event web
      1. Sending lots of data at one time
      2. Sending a little data at all times
      3. Yes, chaos can ensue
    9. In the right place at the right time
      1. The inertia of familiarity
      2. Node’s promise of simplicity
  2. About the Author
  3. Copyright
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